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Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee - publications

Inquiry by the Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee, 22 July 2015 to 9 December 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 8 September 2015: Lord Hague of Richmond, former Foreign Secretary and co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, Baroness Helic, former Special Adviser to William Hague, and Ms Angelina Jolie Pitt, Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
  • 15 September 2015: Ms Widney Brown, Director of Programs, Physicians for Human Rights (by videolink), Professor Lisa Davis, Human Rights Advocacy Director, MADRE & Clinical Professor of Law, International Women's Human Rights Clinic, City University of New York School of Law (by videolink), His Honour Judge Jonathan Carroll, Civilian member of UK Team of Experts, Ms Rosy Cave, Head of Conflict and Stabilisation Team, Stabilisation Unit, Department for International Development & member of UK Team of Experts, Mr Dan Chugg, Head of HMG Daesh Task Force (formerly known as the ISIL Task Force) & Head of Iraq Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Mr Michael Howells, member of HMG Daesh Task Force (formerly known as the ISIL Task Force) & Head of Near East Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • 13 October 2015: Major (ret.) Philip Lancaster, former Canadian Military (via videolink), and Lieutenant Colonel Alcuin Johnson, Ministry of Defence
  • 13 October 2015: Lieutenant-General (ret.) David Morrison, former Chief of the Australian Army (via videolink)
  • 20 October 2015: Ms Pramila Patten, Member, Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (via teleconference), and Ms Madeleine Rees, Secretary-General, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (via teleconference)
  • 20 October 2015: Ms Chitra Nagarajan, Gender and Conflict Adviser, Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, and former Director, Gender Action for Peace and Security (via videolink)
  • 20 October 2015: Madame Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Sexual Violence in Conflict, United Nations (via videolink)
  • 27 October 2015: Lieutenant-General (retired) David Leakey, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
  • 3 November 2015: Ms Yanar Mohammed, President, Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (via videolink)
  • 3 November 2015: Mr David Mepham, UK Director, Human Rights Watch, and Ms Lauren Wolfe, Journalist and Director, Women Under Siege Project (via videolink)
  • 3 November 2015: Ms Carla Ferstman, Director, REDRESS, and Ms Paula Donovan, Co-Director, AIDS-Free World (via videolink)
  • 10 November 2015: Dr Chaloka Beyani, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Ms Anna Musgrave, Women’s Advocacy Manager, Refugee Council
  • 10 November 2015: Madame Bineta Diop, Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security, African Union (via videolink)
  • 17 November 2015: Ms Niamh Hayes, Head of Office, Institute for International Criminal Investigations, Judge Mary McGowan Davis, former acting Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, and Dr Shana Swiss, Founder and Director, Women's Rights International
  • 17 November 2015: Dr Chris Dolan, Director, Refugee Law Project, Professor Doris Schopper, Director, Center for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (via videolink), and Ms Josephine Wambui, Programme Officer Somalia, Oxfam Novib
  • 1 December 2015: Dr Kirsten Campbell, Principal Investigator, Gender of Justice: Prosecution of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict research project, Goldsmiths, University of London, Professor Patricia Sellers, Special Adviser, International Criminal Court, and Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford, and Ms Elizabeth Wilmshurst, Distinguished Fellow, International Law, Chatham House
  • 1 December 2015: Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
  • 1 December 2015: Mr Paul Williams, Director, Multilateral Policy Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Mr Tom Woodroffe, Head, Office of the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Conflict Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • 8 December 2015: Baroness Anelay, Minister of State and Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • 8 December 2015: Ms Lindy Cameron, Director of Middle East, Humanitarian and Conflict, Department for International Development, and Lieutenant-General Gordon Messenger, Deputy Chief of Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) and Champion for Women, Peace and Security and the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, Ministry of Defence
  • 8 December 2015: Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service, Foreign and Commonwealth Office