Despite some ambiguous periods in Russia’s history, its record in affirming the foundations of humanism in international relations is unquestionable. The new democratic Russia, which is faithful to traditions of humanism and mercy, is making strong efforts to defend victims of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The experience of the international community in combating genocide,...

Sexual violence within the context of armed conflict is not a recent phenomenon. It has existed for as long existed. According to international law, Bosnia and Herzegovina must compensate victims sexual during war, thereby mitigating effects such war crimes. However, Herzegovina's failure effectively implement reparations wartime negative impact on their status. The reparation system are ineffe...

Traumatization of self-processes as a consequence of acts of war is not only determined by the content and number of traumatic experiences, but also, to a large extent by factors related to posttraumatic socioeconomic, environmental, and psychosocial interactions, À model is presented to describe posttraumatic adaptation of war-traumatized selves according to the characteristics of the individu...

BACKGROUND The conflict-ridden context of eastern Congo has set the scene for grueling human rights violations, with sexual violence as one of the 'weapons of war'. Currently, sexual violence continues, with a considerable increase in civilian perpetrators. However, little is known regarding the particular impact of different experiences of sexual violence on adolescents' mental health. This st...

This paper presents mental disorders of the Serbs caused by war actions from Balkan Wars to wars at end last century. Both stress/traumatic events (war actions, camps, refugees) and changes in forms tremors First World War, partisan hysteria post-traumatic stress disorder 1990s) are listed. A huge lack data for special categories population is evident War (civil victims, Bosnia Herzegovina) Sec...

OBJECTIVES To examine the contribution of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and physical health to subjective age among war veterans. METHOD The sample included 502 veterans of the first Lebanon War who were assessed 20 years after the war by a series of self-report questionnaires. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, hierarchical and logistic regressions. RESULTS Veterans with...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been appropriately acknowledged as "the rape capital of the world." While the country has been trapped in conflict, the use of rape as a weapon of war has been rampant and unyielding. The sexual violence inflicted upon women has been nothing less than brutal and destructive, physically, socially, and psychologically. This paper analyzes the use of rape a...