Putting Reproductive Violence on the Agenda: A Case Study of the Yazidis

Reproductive violence has been documented in many conflicts, even though it may not have labelled as such. Nevertheless, there is no established definition of reproductive international criminal law and practice. While acts prosecuted crimes against humanity, yet any successful prosecutions genocide. This article will use the 2014 genocide Yazidis a case study to examine knowledge accountability gaps that arise from lack current state play. It argues formally defining important just for fair labelling fulfil principle legality but, most importantly, perspective victims, accurately characterize full nature harm inflicted on them.