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Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict Sexual violence in armed conflict Volume 96 Number 894 Summer 2014 96 Number 894 Summer 2014 Volume Volume 96 Number 894 Summer 2014 Editorial: Sexual violence in armed conflict: From breaking the silence, to breaking the cycle Vincent Bernard, Editor-in-Chief and Helen Durham, Director of Law and Policy, ICRC Voices and Perspectives: After sexual violence: Paths to recovery Q & A: The ICRC’s approach to sexual violence in armed conflict: In conversation with Peter Maurer Sexual violence in armed conflict: A polymorphous reality Conflict-related sexual violence and the policy implications of recent research Elisabeth Jean Wood Q & A: On Sexual Violence in Detention: Through the eyes of a detention doctor Interview with Raed Aburabi Opinion Note: Letting go of the gender binary: Charting new pathways for humanitarian interventions on gender-based violence Chris Dolan The legal prohibition of rape and other forms of sexual Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action violence Sexual violence in armed conflicts: A violation of international Sexual violence in armed conflict humanitarian law and human rights law Gloria Gaggioli Domestic accountability for sexual violence: The potential of specialized units in Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Uganda Kim Thuy Seelinger Addressing/Responding to sexual violence in armed conflict Sexual violence, health and humanitarian ethics: Towards a holistic, person-centred approach Paul Bouvier Opinion Note: Responding to the needs of survivors of sexual violence: Do we know what works? Doris Schopper Care for victims of sexual violence, an organization pushed to its limits: The case of Médecins Sans Frontières Françoise Duroch and Catrin Schulte-Hillen Opinion Note: The risks of instrumentalizing the narrative on sexual violence in the DRC: Neglected needs and unintended consequences Laura Heaton Book Reviews Aid in Danger: The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism Larissa Fast Book review by Michaël Neuman The Ironic Spectator Lilie Chouliaraki Book review by Jean-Yves Clémenzo ® MIX Paper from responsible sources www.icrc.org/eng/review FSC® C007785 Cambridge Journals Online Sexual violence in armed For further information about this journal please go to the journal web site at: ISSN 1816-3831 http://www.journals.cambridge.org/irc conflict 118163831_96-2.indd8163831_96-2.indd 1 113/08/153/08/15 66:46:46 pm Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief: Vincent Bernard Editor: Mariya Nikolova Thematic Editorial Assistant: Elvina The Review is printed in English and is Pothelet published four times a year, in Spring, Book review editor: Jamie A. 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Requests should be Tufts University, Boston, USA addressed to [email protected]. 118163831_96-2.indd8163831_96-2.indd 2 113/08/153/08/15 66:46:46 pm Volume 96 Number 894 Summer 2014 Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action Sexual violence in armed conflict CONTENTS SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ARMED CONFLICT 427 Editorial: Sexual violence in armed conflict: From breaking the silence, to breaking the cycle Vincent Bernard, Editor-in-Chief and Helen Durham, Director of Law and Policy, ICRC 435 Voices and Perspectives: After sexual violence: Paths to recovery 449 Q&A:The ICRC’s approach to sexual violence in armed conflict: In conversation with Peter Maurer Sexual violence in armed conflict: A polymorphous reality 457 Conflict-related sexual violence and the policy implications of recent research Elisabeth Jean Wood 479 Through the eyes of a detention doctor Interview with Raed Aburabi 485 Opinion Note: Letting go of the gender binary: Charting new pathways for humanitarian interventions on gender-based violence Chris Dolan The legal prohibition of rape and other forms of sexual violence 503 Sexual violence in armed conflicts: A violation of international humanitarian law and
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