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Sexuellt våld i väpnade konflikter. En studie om normförändring och aktörerna bakom.

Åkerberg, Anneli LU (2010) STVK01 20102
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In 2008 the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1820, where sexual violence in armed conflicts where classified as a crime against humanity and as a war crime. This resolution indicates a norm change, from the idea about sexual vio-lence as a by-product of war, to a serious widespread issue. But what has this change, up to resolution 1820, been and looked like?
By dividing the change into three stages, based on a model called the norm lifecycle, I have carried out a descriptive analysis. And, by looking at actors strategies I have described why the actor’s play an important role.
The result shows that the change has been going on for a very long time, but it is not until the 1990’s, that we can see a beginning of an actual lifecycle.... (More)
In 2008 the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1820, where sexual violence in armed conflicts where classified as a crime against humanity and as a war crime. This resolution indicates a norm change, from the idea about sexual vio-lence as a by-product of war, to a serious widespread issue. But what has this change, up to resolution 1820, been and looked like?
By dividing the change into three stages, based on a model called the norm lifecycle, I have carried out a descriptive analysis. And, by looking at actors strategies I have described why the actor’s play an important role.
The result shows that the change has been going on for a very long time, but it is not until the 1990’s, that we can see a beginning of an actual lifecycle. It also shows that the actors, by illuminating the problem area, started and advocated the norm change. (Less)
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author
Åkerberg, Anneli LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK01 20102
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
sexual violence in armed conflicts, norm change, advocacy network, rape, resolution 1820
language
Swedish
id
1758256
date added to LUP
2011-02-10 11:15:40
date last changed
2011-02-10 11:15:40
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  abstract     = {{In 2008 the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1820, where sexual violence in armed conflicts where classified as a crime against humanity and as a war crime. This resolution indicates a norm change, from the idea about sexual vio-lence as a by-product of war, to a serious widespread issue. But what has this change, up to resolution 1820, been and looked like?
By dividing the change into three stages, based on a model called the norm lifecycle, I have carried out a descriptive analysis. And, by looking at actors strategies I have described why the actor’s play an important role. 
The result shows that the change has been going on for a very long time, but it is not until the 1990’s, that we can see a beginning of an actual lifecycle. It also shows that the actors, by illuminating the problem area, started and advocated the norm change.}},
  author       = {{Åkerberg, Anneli}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Sexuellt våld i väpnade konflikter. En studie om normförändring och aktörerna bakom.}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}