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Human Rights Cases of Abuse Impact on Women

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DOI: 10.23977/polsr.2022.030101 | Downloads: 30 | Views: 1303

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Ruoxi Wang 1

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1 School of arts and social science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Kensington, Australia

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Ruoxi Wang

ABSTRACT

The protection of women's rights marks the degree of civilization of a society. The issue of women's rights is not only related to the healthy operation of human society in today's world, but also to the future destiny of human beings. This essay will focus on how women’s rights were violated in the wars in the former Yugoslavia in terms of military tactics and legal flaws.

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Abuse, human rights, women, patriarchy, mass rape, nationalism, legislation

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Ruoxi Wang. Human Rights Cases of Abuse Impact on Women. Journal of Political Science Research (2022) Vol. 3: 1-6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/polsr.2022.030101.

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