On March 7, 2014, the International Criminal Court (ICC)
issued a judgment in the case of Prosecutor v. Katanga. Germain Katanga was acquitted of rape and
sexual slavery, charged as crimes against humanity and as war crimes. Katanga was found guilty, however, of other
counts of murder, attacking a civilian population, destruction of property, and
pillaging. This verdict was the most
recent failure of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to secure a conviction in
the ICC for sexual or gender-based crimes.
So begins a discussion in the Harvard Law Review of "The Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC, Policy Paper on Sexual andGender Based Crimes." 128 HARV. L.
REV. 793 (2014).
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