18th May: New SIPRI Insight Paper on sexual violence in armed conflicts
Prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence at the International Criminal Court
Ashley Dallman
SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security no. 2009/1
Despite
growing awareness and intensified condemnation of sexual violence in
conflict zones in the past decade, rape and other forms of sexual violence
continue to be widely used weapons in conflicts around the world. The
1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first
mechanism for holding leaders of states accountable for genocide and
other serious international crimes, including gender crimes. Yet,
nearly seven years after its establishment, the ICC has difficulties in
fulfilling its double roll to be both a symbol
of deterrence and a catalyst for the elimination of sexual violence in
armed conflict. This SIPRI Insights paper looks deeply into the strengths and weaknesses of the ICC and thereby provides an important input for the upcoming Review Conference of the Rome Statute in 2010.
Download SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security no. 2009/1.
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Download SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security no. 2009/1.
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