![]() ![]() The Declaration resolved to end the pernicious culture of impunity by bringing to justice perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict. It shows how wounds of the past refuse to heal.Īt the 68th UN General Assembly Session (2014), 122 Member-States endorsed a Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. However, this was revoked recently, with the change of government in South Korea. In December 2015, Japan and South Korea brokered a deal wherein Japan issued a "most sincere" apology and paid $8.3 million to the surviving victims. These women slaves were drawn from the vast Japanese empire, of which Korean women constituted the bulk. One such simmering issue arose before World War II wherein the Japanese military set up comfort stations treating women as sex slaves. Wars often leave behind gory incidents, horrid stories, a painful past and many wounds that refuse to heal with time. This has been aggravated by pre-existing exclusions and discriminations that typify women's status in most societies. Hence, it has been often brushed aside as an inevitable and unavoidable 'evil' consequence of war. The use of sexual violence in conflict zones as well as acceptance of such incidents, brutalities and resultant trauma generally result in 'walls of silence'. Sri Lanka is trying to come to terms with the aftermath of brutal violence by both the security forces and the LTTE. The horrors of Pakistani army's effort to crush the 1971 Bangladeshi liberation movement are etched in collective memory with the systematic rape of hundreds of thousands Bengali women. In fact, it is not just rape out of control, but rape under orders, as a means of pursuing military, political or economic ends. It is still being used as a tactic and weapon of war. Sexual violence and crimes committed against women during conflicts are as old as the history of warfare. Both have made a crucial contribution to focus attention on, and combating, such war crimes. Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yezidi victim of IS brutality in Iraq Nadia Murad were jointly conferred with the Nobel honour for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon in armed conflicts. If we want people to say 'no more war', we have to show how brutal it is," ringed the voice of Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, while announcing the winners of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. ![]()
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