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Definition of Human Rights Violation Category, "Rape"
| VIOLATION CATEGORY | Rape |
| DEFINITION | Forceful/unwilling intercourse/penetration on any individual by another individual's genitals regardless of gender under intimidation, threat, fraud, lies, intoxication, or while in custody. The rape must be committed by a person/s identified on the list of perpetrators. |
| BOUNDARY CONDITION | Act must consist of vaginal or anal intercourse/penetration. Excludes acts which are covered by "Sexual Abuse (SEAB)" and "Genital Abuse (GEAB)" in the Controlled Vocabulary. |
| COUNTING RULE | Continuous and one perpetrator = 1 violation (committed by single perpetrator) Continuous and multiple perpetrators = 1 violation (committed by multiple perpetrators) Non-continuous and different perpetrators = multiple violations (each separate act of penetration constitutes one violation) |
| EXAMPLE | A woman is gang-raped by three army personnel behind a security checkpoint |
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