Hague l Resources
Highlighted resources from the conference include: Image to the Left: International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo addresses participants at the Colloquium on Sexual Violence as International Crime. Photo by Martijn van Dam. "At the outset, let me say that I am heartened by the progress made so far regarding the prosecution of sexual violence. The jurisprudence and methodology developed by international justice mechanisms, as well as national tribunals or regional courts, has made great strides. Yet we are still wanting in our capacity to fully describe, understand and address the real experience of sexual violence from the victim's perspective..." To read more Click Here. "My Office is a part of a new system to end impunity. We have launched our investigation into incidents of sexual violence in the Kivus, in the DRC. The mandate of the ICC is to go up the chain of command to those most responsible, to those who ordered and financed the violence; as for the mid‐level perpetrators, for the executioners, we need to empower the local courts and we are collaborating with the DRC authorities to build dossiers for domestic proceedings. However, the protection of witnesses and judges poses a major challenge to investigations and prosecutions in the DRC, particularly in the Kivus...." To read more Click Here. At an International Colloquium on Sexual violence as International Crime, U.N. High Commissioner Navanethem Pillay told judges, prosecutors and officials from international courts and social scientists to “bear in mind that for sixty years we had nothing, no mechanism for international justice.” In just fifteen years, she said, there has been tremendous development ... To read more Click Here In a rare joint appearance at an international conference on sexual violence and international law, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, and the International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Luis Moreno- Ocampo, agreed that international criminal law does not yet have the teeth to protect women in war ... To read more Click Here To read Click Here 
Speeches:
Keynote Address by Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
Keynote Address by Luis Moreno‐Ocampo, International Criminal Court Prosecutor:
Press Releases:
Social Science Research Seen to Play Key Role in Building Institutions of International Criminal Law
June 22, 2009 (Conference Wrap Up)
ICC Prosecutor and U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights: The World Community Denies Severity of Rape as a War Crime
June 17, 2009 (End of Day 1)
World Experts To Convene Conference On Sexual Violence As International Crime
June 15, 2009