A major barrier to the effective protection of women from sexual violence is ...

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A major barrier to the effective protection of women from sexual violence is the continuing culture of impunity. We welcome the focus of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the fight against sexual violence in her work. Crimes of sexual violence play a role in nearly every case under investigation. That speaks both to the startling prevalence of conflict- related sexual violence and to the ICC's commitment to holding perpetrators of those crimes accountable.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Justice, Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform

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