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SARAJEVO, January 17 (FENA) – Shame and guilt for rape at war crimes trials are usually attributed to victims, instead of perpetrators, and the way to overcome this problem is to talk more about this topic, said Kyle Delbyck, the author of the Report “Rape Myths in Wartime Sexual Violence Trials”, which was presented today in Sarajevo.
She listed four types of myths about rape in war crimes trials, and those are: promiscuity – that victims provoke sexual violence through promiscuous behavior; consent – victims consent to sexual violence offense by failing to resist; credibility – victims lie about sexual violence; and shame – victims, not perpetrators, should feel ashamed of the sexual violence they have suffered.
Ms. Delbyck said that, during the drafting of the report, she had analyzed numerous court judgments and talked with people working in the judiciary as well as with victims.
She also warned that very concrete recommendations should be made for all judiciary stakeholders in order for them to know exactly what they can do to overcome this problem, and so that victims of sexual violence can more easily participate in the proceedings.
The Program Manager of the Embassy of Great Britain to BiH, Laurie Hunter, highlighted the importance of the report, which refers specifically to the stereotypes that victims face in the courthouse regarding rape and sexual violence.
She explained that the Report focuses on global principles for preventing and overcoming the stigma attributed to wartime rape, whose adoption was initiated by the United Kingdom and the United Nations last year.
She also stressed that the Report gives insight into court proceedings from the perspective of the survivor and hopes to contribute to overcoming the stigma of victims of sexual violence.
The Report “Rape Myths in Wartime Sexual Violence Trials – Transferring the Burden from Survivor to Perpetrator”, developed within the framework of a project implemented by Trial International with the support of the Government of Great Britain, carefully analyzes court practices in trials for wartime rape across BiH and presents gender-based prejudices that permeate the cases of wartime rape in BiH.
(FENA)
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