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Example: The successful Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice on the International
Criminal Court (ICC), formed in 1996, knew that the ICC Statute (Rome Statute) would
set the principles and procedures governing international trials of individuals for
genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Hence, (i) including issues
pertaining to gender-based violence (GBV) into the Rome Statute, the ICC Rules of
Evidence and Procedure and the ICC Definition of Crimes, and (ii) ensuring that
qualified, deserving candidates including women were appointed as ICC Judges would
be effective ways of increasing the chances that gender-based violence in violent
conflict were brought before and sanctioned by the ICC.
This theory of change could be visualized as follows:
International lobby and advocacy at ICC preparatory conferences
with national governments and human rights organizations
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Gender-based violence explicitly & comprehensively ICC Judges fully aware of GBV
addressed as a crime in ICC statutes and procedures
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GBV is sanctioned as an international crime by the ICC
� Survivors of GBV in armed conflict can obtain justice
� Deterring effect of international justice may reduce GBV in violent conflict
� Setting an international standard of prosecution of GBV that may be adopted in
national laws
See the gender justice report cards and other publications on their website.
Source: Communication from Vahida Nainar, former Director of the Women’s Caucus for
Gender Justice.
Example: The Disarm Domestic Violence campaign launched by the Women’s
Network of IANSA (International Action Network on Small Arms) in 2009 aims to stop
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