Arcterusax@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Netherlands: 'Historic victory' as law amended to recognize that sex without consent is rapeEnglish
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1 year agoUnfortunately this wont change much. Rapes usually happen without any witnesses, so the rapist will just say that the victim consented. Thats generally the reason why rapes are hard to prove in court.
In international law any non proportional (military usage vs civilian casualties) use of force is prohibited. Russia used cluster ammunition in dense civilian areas, which is non proportional and thus a war crime. Its this specific useage that is a war crime not cluster ammunition in general.