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SUMMARY: Invisible Crimes: Challenges and Good Practices in Documenting and
  Prosecuting Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
DESCRIPTION: Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) remains one of the lea
 st documented and prosecuted atrocity crimes\, in both international and no
 n-international armed conflicts. Drawing on Ukraine as a case study\, this 
 panel will examine the general legal framework of CRSV\, good practices for
  documenting such crimes\, and the challenges facing survivors\, investigat
 ors\, and litigators on their path […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><span data-contrast="none">Conflict-relate
 d sexual violence (CRSV) remains one of the least documented and prosecuted
  atrocity crimes\, in both international and non-international armed confli
 cts. Drawing on Ukraine as a case study\, this panel will examine the gener
 al legal framework of CRSV\, good practices for documenting such crimes\, a
 nd the challenges facing survivors\, investigators\, and litigators on thei
 r path to justice and accountability.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"1342331
 17":false\,"134233118":false\,"335559738":0\,"335559739":0}"> </span></p><p
 ><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false\,"134233118":false\,"335559738":0
 \,"335559739":0}"> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">CRSV occurs in 
 most armed conflicts. However\, due to survivor reluctance to report\, stig
 matization\, fragmentation of survivors’ accounts caused by complex trauma\
 , scarcity of other types of evidence\, and lack of special training and ex
 perience among of investigators\, CRSV is often underreported and\, as a re
 sult\, not prosecuted. An absence of documentation and prosecution can crea
 te a sense of isolation and lawlessness among survivors on the one hand\, a
 nd a sense of impunity among perpetrators on the other. The panelists will 
 discuss the legal\, psychological\, and documentation challenges related to
  CRSV and share their experience and good practices in each field. </span><
 span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false\,"134233118":false\,"335559738":0\,
 "335559739":0}"> </span></p><p><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false\,"1
 34233118":false\,"335559738":0\,"335559739":0}"> </span></p><p><b><span dat
 a-contrast="none">Moderator: Professor Susan Farbstein</span></b><span data
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 9":0}"> </span></p><p><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false\,"134233118"
 :false\,"335559738":0\,"335559739":0}"> </span></p><p><b><span data-contras
 t="none">Panelists:</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false\,"13
 4233118":false\,"335559738":0\,"335559739":0}"> </span></p><p><b><span data
 -contrast="none">Nathalie Robelot-Timtchenko</span></b><span data-contrast=
 "none"> – <em>Founder & Executive Director of First Aid of The Soul\, Licen
 sed Mental Health Counselor</em></span></p><p><b><span data-contrast="none"
 >Anastasiya Donets\, LLM ‘ 24</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> - </spa
 n><i><span data-contrast="none">Lead of Ukraine Legal Team at IPHR</span></
 i><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false\,"134233118":false\,"335559685":
 0\,"335559738":200\,"335559739":200}"> </span></p><p><b><span data-olk-copy
 -source="MessageBody">Svitlana Valko<i> </i></span></b><i>-- Programme Mana
 ger of Eastern Europe & South Caucasus Program\, Lead of Ukraine Field Team
  at IPHR\, Emergency Coordinator</i></p><p><span data-olk-copy-source="Mess
 ageBody">Three civilian survivors of unlawful confinement\, inhumane treatm
 ent\, and sexualised torture conducted by Russian forces will also share th
 eir stories.</span></p>
CATEGORIES:Discussion
LOCATION:WCC\; 2009 Classroom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sanjana Nayak":MAILTO:snayak@law.harvard.edu
URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/invisible-crimes-challenges-an
 d-good-practices-in-documenting-and-prosecuting-conflict-related-sexual-vio
 lence/
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