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Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict

Type: Full Committee Hearing
Date:
Time: 10:00am
Location: Select Building-

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on "Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict" for Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Chairman Durbin will preside.

Member Statements

Panel I

  • Dr. Denis Mukwege

    Director Panzi General Referral Hospital
    Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Karin Wachter

    Acting Gender-Based Violence Senior Technical Advisor
    International Rescue Committee
    New York, NY
  • Dr. Kelley Dawn Askin

    Senior Legal Officer
    Open Society Justice Initiative
    New York, NY