Author Question: Relief workers at a refugee camp in eastern Chad, which houses people fleeing the conflict in nearby ... (Read 63 times)

lak · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Relief workers at a refugee camp in eastern Chad, which houses people fleeing the conflict in nearby Darfur, tell a commander of UN peacekeeping forces that they have been treating increasing numbers of rape victims. The UN commander _________

A) should not believe the relief workers, since over 90 of all rape reports are false.
B) can do nothing to help the refugees, because sexual assault is an accepted component of warfare.
C) should begin an investigation, because rape during war can be prosecuted as a war crime.
D) should not be overly concerned, because wartime rape, as opposed to other forms of sexual assault, rarely causes serious psychological effects for its victims.

Question 2

In wars instigated by ethnic conflict, as in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Darfur, mass rape

A) is used as a military strategy to terrorize whole populations.
B) may occur as a side effect of the social upheaval caused by war, but is generally discouraged by military commanders.
C) does not actually occur, although warring sides may claim that it has happened to curry sympathy with the international community.
D) is an unavoidable side effect of people from different cultures mixing together.