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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://4genderjustice.org/test1/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://4genderjustice.org/test1/</span></span></span></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via Women’s Initiatives for Gender
Justice &</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SVRI – Sexual Violence Research
Initiative</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE HAGUE PRINCIPLES ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Direct Link to Full 60-Page 2019 Hague
Principles Document:</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Hague-Principles-on-Sexual-Violence.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Hague-Principles-on-Sexual-Violence.pdf</span></span></span></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scroll down Title Page to see full
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over
the course of 2019, over 50 civil society organisations came together to bring the voices of survivors to the forefront of discussions about addressing sexual violence. More than 500 survivors were co nsulted on what they think makes violence ‘sexual’.
Information from consultations was complemented by input from civil society, legal practitioners, academics, and policy makers to create
</span></span><a href="https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Hague-Principles-on-Sexual-Violence.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><b style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(24, 120, 216); text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
Hague Principles on Sexual Violence</span></span></span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
Hague Principles on Sexual Violence consist of:</span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- The
</span></span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Civil Society Declaration on Sexual Violence</span></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
– providing general guidance on what makes violence ‘sexual’, especially to survivors;</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Civil
Society Declaration on Sexual Violence is available in </span></span><a href="https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/English-Civil-Society-Declaration-on-Sexual-Violence.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><b style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(24, 120, 216); text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English</span></span></span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
</span></span><a href="https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/French-D%C3%A9claration-de-la-soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9-civile-sur-la-violence-sexuelle.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><b style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(24, 120, 216); text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">French</span></span></span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
</span></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Spanish-Declaraci%C3%B3n-de-la-Sociedad-Civil-sobre-la-Violencia-Sexual.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(24, 120, 216); font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spanish</span></span></span></a></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
and </span></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-Arabic.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(24, 120, 216); font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arabic</span></span></span></a></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-
</span></span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">International Criminal Law (ICL) Guidelines</span></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
– a tool for international criminal law practitioners that explains when acts of sexual violence in the Civil Society Declaration amount to international crimes,as well as practical elements to inform the international criminal law prosecution of these acts;</span></span></span></p>
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</span></span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Key Principles for Policy Makers on Sexual Violence</span></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
– 10 key principles derived from the Civil Society Declaration to incorporate in policy development and implementation, legislative strategies and legal and judicial procedures.</span></span></span></p>
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