Article March 26, 2001 Issue

A woman's freedom upheld

The war-crimes tribunal rules on organized rape.

The Christian Science Monitor

Progress for women over the past century has meant gaining new freedoms for themselves—the freedom to vote, the freedom for higher education, the freedom to chart careers, etc.

Now, in a landmark ruling by an international tribunal, women have gained new freedom from one of history's worst atrocities: the organized rape of women as an instrument of terror during a war.

Last week, the United Nations warcrimes court at The Hague convicted three Bosnian Serb soldiers for the systematic rape and torture of Muslim women and girls during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia.

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