International Protocol Launched Aimed to End Sexual Violence in Conflict (June, 11, 2014) [1]
On June 11, 2014, an International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict [3] was published at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict [4]. According to a news article [5], the Protocol’s main purposes “is to promote accountability for crimes of sexual violence under international law.” Its contents include “a template for personal data to be collected from survivors and witnesses, tips on carrying out interviews and gathering testimonies, and guidance on photographing, filming and sketching crime scenes, and on the collection of physical evidence.” The Protocol was compiled by around twenty-five experts who then field tested it in several countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, before publication.