Penal discussion with Orit Sulitzeanu, Carmit Klar-Chalamish, Petra Bayr
So-called »conflict-related sexual violence«, in fact unrelated to any real conception of sexuality, is one of the worst atrocities of war and terrorist attacks, systematically used as a tactic to humiliate, violate and ruin the minds and bodies of victims. In most cases it is intended to leave them alive to tell their story, with the intention of spreading fear and breaking the spirit of the assaulted.
Conflict-related sexual violence is a war crime in international law, can be a constitutive element of genocide and is certainly used as a means of ethnic cleansing, either to damage beyond repair the reproductive cycle of an “enemy” or to repopulate regions with the “true blood” of the would-be conqueror. Although the majority of victims are women and girls, they are not the only targets, and conflict-related sexual violence is less gender-specific in the case of young children.
We condemn conflict-related sexual violence with its utmost strength and reaffirm that its perpetrators must be brought to justice, both on the battlefield and in positions of leadership. The terrorist pogrom committed by the terror organization Hamas was an unprecedented attack with severe human rights violation not only in this event but as an ongoing infringement of fundamental rights of people taken hostage in Gaza and elsewhere since then. Evidence of torture, continued rape, and inhuman treatment of hostages make it more urgent then ever to realize the slogan »Bring them back now!«
Podiumsgäste:
Orit Sulitzeanu, Executive Director, The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel
Carmit Klar-Chalamish, The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, Head of research department
Petra Bayr, member of the Austrian National Assembly and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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18. Juni 19:00
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