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Soldiers, by rogue people? difficult to confirm anything at the moment, or is this something that has been desiccated from further above —— dictated, from chain of command? do you have any indication of why this is happening so symptomatically? i don't know whether we know how systematic it is yet, but there seems to have been particular episodes in places where the incidences have been more numerous. whether that was a unit that was acting in this manner or was being ordered to, it's really hard to say, and perhaps we will never know. i think some of the challenges of prosecuting war rape...

The un said... so, rape was recognised as a war crime in 2008. but the international criminal court has only secured one conviction, and that was overturned. the international criminal court says they will open investigations into reported sexual violence in ukraine, but will there be any convictions? the independent organisation working to prevent wars, the international crisis group, is sending a team to gather evidence. azadeh moaveni, who's the group's director of the gender and conflict project, is on her way to ukraine. so, talk us through. you must have been hearing about incidences of ...

And the uk's ambasador to ukraine tweeted... this professor of gender who studies rape in war explains more. the idea of rape as a weapon of war really— the idea of rape as a weapon of war really refers — the idea of rape as a weapon of war really refers to a practice of raping — really refers to a practice of raping women for purpose of destroying their community. the idea that pedro _ destroying their community. the idea that pedro operable society, —— patriarchal. _ that pedro operable society, —— patriarchal, women are seen as a property— patriarchal, women are seen as a pr...

Because _ called effective as a weapon. because sexual violence is very intimate — because sexual violence is very intimate and tighter reproduction, it can _ intimate and tighter reproduction, it can he _ intimate and tighter reproduction, it can be very harmful to communities' self perception, creating — communities' self perception, creating fragmentation, shame and long-term — creating fragmentation, shame and long—term feelings of dis— concern. so, rape is used as a weapon to terrorize the population, to break up families and destroy communities — and in some instances, to cha...

The conviction rate? well, it's - certainly discouraging in the sense that the sort of ethos of the icc and the elevation of rape as a potential war crime is one that would lead us to want it to be prosecuted robustly. but i think there is also a great deal of potential healing for survivors of rape through process of reporting and meeting others who have been through a similar experience, and there are often transitionaljustice through locally based initiatives that bring families of perpetrators together with survivors. even though at that exalted level of the icc, it may be impossible or di...