Peer-to-peer workshop on prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence held at the Nuremberg Academy

On the 1st and 2nd of December 2016, the PSV Network ran a peer-to-peer exchange on prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence, held at, and financially supported by, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy.  Prosecutors from different national jurisdictions in Africa and  Europe met with practitioners with experience working at the international level. The workshop was supported by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Office of the Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals.

The aim of this initiative was to channel the accumulated experience regarding conflict-related sexual violence collected at the international level during the past two decades into future work being done on these crimes at the national level in Africa and Europe. Participants discussed obstacles to accountability and strategies for overcoming them. The initiative also aimed to establish an enduring support network for the particiant's future work.  The peer-to-peer exchange was also an opportunity for bringing the perspectives of African and European jurisdictions into the PSV Network dialogue. Key insights from the workshop are being used to inform the development of practical resources to assist prosecutors around the world through the web-based platform of the PSV Network.

The Nuremberg workshop was part of an ongoing series of peer-to-peer meetings organized by the PSV Network.