Maaike Moller^1
1Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine

Sexual violence is linked to war, both as a tactic or weapon or as a driver of underlying sexual violence risks.  Sexual violence can constitute any of the core international crimes of genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity.  The tribunals of the late twentieth century established jurisprudence in the conviction of sexual crimes.  The international criminal court (ICC) was established to prosecute those most responsible for the worst crimes in accordance with principles of complementarity.  

This presentation will review how the ICC has sought to prosecute sexual violence and the role of clinical forensic medicine in this.  It will also outline the collaborations of the ICC with civil society organisations such as Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in order to do so.

The presentation will draw on the speaker’s experience as a pro-bono consultant for the ICC and PHR.