Armed Hostilities and Violence against Women and Children from International Regulations Point of View

Subject Areas : Sport Management

H. A. Moazanzadegun ^{1 *} , M. A. Heidari ² , امین Nikomanzari ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Alameh Tabitabie University, Law and Political Sciences Department, Tehran, Iran
2 - M.A in Criminal Law and Criminology, Islamic Azad University, UAE Branch, Dubai, UAE
3 - M.A student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Judicial and Administrative Services University

Received: 2013-05-17 Accepted : 2013-07-29 Published : 2013-09-23

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Abstract :

The armed hostility in the present age is one of the most important issues in international and domestic affairs. The world is almost facing civil and international war every day. Preventing such conflicts depends on the development of democracy and respect for human rights and the rule of law in various dimensions. Despite the wars stimulating factors, women and children have always been suffered the most injuries of the wars in different forms based on historical documents. One of the women urgent international problems is the systematic rape against women and children in armed disputes that aimed ethnic cleansing and carried on by brutality. Certainly decisive and serious confronting by the international community could have prevented such inhumane actions .The most important crimes were mentioned in this article referring the international documents.