Sexual violence and biased military interventions in civil conflict1

Karin Johansson and Mehwish Sarwari
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Karin Johansson: Uppsala University, Sweden
Mehwish Sarwari: SUNY Buffalo State, USA

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2019, vol. 36, issue 5, 469-493

Abstract: What is the impact of foreign troop support on combatant-perpetrated sexual violence against civilians? We hypothesize that biased troop support increases the risk of sexual violence by the subordinate party both as a consequence of strategic considerations and as a product of a situation increasingly conducive to opportunistic behavior. Time-series cross-section analyses of all civil wars during 1989–2012 are largely supportive of our expectation. Rebel groups are more likely to perpetrate sexual violence the more troop support the state receives. Likewise, state forces are more prone to commit sexual violence the more they are challenged by troops supporting the rebel group(s).

Keywords: Biased military intervention; civil war; conflict-related sexual violence; external support; troop support; violence against civilians; wartime sexual violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0738894216689814

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