Ending the Silence: How the International Community can Prevent and Bring Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict

Rape is the most common form of torture in armed conflicts—from Bosnia, to Kosovo, to Iraq, and now Ukraine—yet it remains rarely prosecuted by international courts. What can the peacebuilding and international communities do to end this silence? And how can they both hold perpetrators accountable and prevent these atrocities in the future? 

In this special episode of AfP’s Peace: We Build It! podcast hosted by AfP’s Executive Director Liz Hume, we answer these essential questions. AfP is proud to host a lineup of distinguished speakers in this episode, including Iryna Venediktova, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe, Vera Mjeku, Co-Founder of Rally For Her Justice, and AfP Senior Fellow Tanya Domi. Join this collection of world-leading practitioners, government officials, researchers, and advocates as they discuss the use of rape as a weapon of war in Ukraine and how the international community should respond, the history of rights and prosecution around sexual violence in conflict, and efforts to shed light and bring accountability for survivors of other previous and ongoing atrocities.