Sexual violence against women is a very effective weapon in modern warfare: instills fear and spreads the seed of the victorious side, an outrageous method that is useful to exterminate the defeated side by other means. This use of women, both their bodies and their minds, as a battleground, was crucial for international criminal tribunals to begin to judge rape as a crime against humanity.

La violencia sexual contra las mujeres está considerada como un método muy eficaz en la guerra moderna, implanta el miedo y propaga la población del agresor. Este uso del cuerpo de la mujer como campo de batalla en Ruanda y Bosnia resultó crucial para que los tribunales penales internacionales comenzaran a juzgar la violación como un crimen contra la humanidad.