ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED CRIMES AT THE ICC: AN ANALYSIS OF PROSECUTOR BENSOUDA’S LEGACY
June 2021 / N° 772a
Cover picture : ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and representatives of her Ofce at a hearing in an ICC Courtroom, 2 September 2015 © ICC-CPI
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Table of Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................................................................4I. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................5II. Prosecutor Bensouda’s Strategy to Address Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes ...........................6III. The SGBC Policy in Practice – Progress and Setbacks .................................................................8
3.1. Preliminary Examinations and Investigations
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a) Preliminary Examinations
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b) Investigations
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3.2. Charges for Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
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3.3. Progress - Recent Achievements in Cases
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3.4. Setbacks - Establishing Liability for Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
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IV. Opportunities to Broaden the Reach of Accountability ..................................................................16
4.1. Advancing Accountability for Gender-Based Persecution – an Intersectional Approach
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4.2. Recognising Male Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
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174.3. Investigating and Contextualising “Any Other Form of Sexual Violence”
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V. Recommendations ............................................................................................................................19Annex 1 - Key Features of Investigations Opened under Prosecutor Bensouda ................................20Annex 2 - Charges of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes in ICC cases ................................................23