The human rights violations committed by the United States Army against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, is an example of how states willingness to abide by the humanitarian law is contingent upon other states reciprocating. ... Historically, rape has been an effective tool of war in many sub-Saharan conflicts. Soldiers participating in these wars were sometimes encouraged to rape civilians, in order to evince their victory and dominance. Additionally, citizens are more likely to comply with the soldiers' demands when they are under the intimidation and threat of being raped. ...

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Women and girls [suffer] sexual abuse, rape, early forced marriages and pregnancies (Kalifani, Liebling and Mwaka). ... Many former child soldiers are detained in prisons far from their families, which strains familial relationships and limits contact (America.gov Press Release). ... Unaccompanied children are the likeliest to lack the most basic means of survival and to have their rights violated, the likeliest to be killed, tortured, raped, robbed and recruited as child soldiers (Unaccompanied Children). ...

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The reality of their deaths would not "constitute an ending" (350) in all fairness to the two lovers as they are the true victims of Briony's reckless aggression in her bold accusation of rape. ... As author and therefore the creator, or God, of her writing, there is no one up above that has the power to release her from this inescapable prison she has placed herself in. ...

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Prior to the 1960s, war films did well at the box-office. Invigorated audiences defined their ideas of combat by watching films that glorified heroic soldiers. Rather than questioning the accuracy of setting, dialogue, or action, audiences gave the film makers freedom to use their imagination. Howe...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate