4/12/2019 War rape: Is justice being done? | | Al Jazeera Live News Middle East Documentaries Shows Investigations Opinion In Pictures More TRENDING: Sudan Julian Assange Israel Algeria Brexit Home Inside Story Episodes War rape: Is justice being done? Soldiers go on trial in the first case of its kind in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Inside Story05 May 2014 18:36 GMT We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Learn more about how we use cookies or edit your cookie preferences. https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2014/05/war-rape-justice-being-done-201455163130173.html 1/14 4/12/2019 War rape: Is justice being done? | | Al Jazeera It is a crime that the United Nations says represents a stain on our collective conscience, and one that grows with each new rape committed. Sexual violence is endemic in society in general, but it is as a weapon of war that the crime has gone largely unpunished. A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo handed down only two rape convictions in a mass trial of 39 soldiers on Monday. The charges stem from a military operation in the town of Minova in November 2012. In 2008, the United Nations Security Council passed resolution 1820 - in part as a response to the conflict in the DRC. It declared that “Rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide.". So what is being done to combat sexual violence, and seek justice for victims of rape as a weapon of war? Presenter: Mike Hanna Guests: Zainab Hawa Bangura - the UN special representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Victoria Dove Dimandja - co-founder of the Congolese Women's Group in the UK, and who runs the It Must Stop Campaign. Brigid Inder - executive director of the Women's Intiative for Gender Justice. 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