Making Technology Work for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
On 18 and 19 February 2019, LAW and OHCHR co-chaired ‘Making Technology Work for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence’ in Geneva.
Making Technology Work for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
The expert roundtable brought together leading minds from different fields, including law, gender and technology to explore how technological innovation could be used to address sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated in the context of armed conflict. Participants discussed how existing innovations addressing serious rights violations could be adapted for conflict contexts. Key areas of dialogue included the use of technology in: preventing sexual violence; improving security for survivors and rights defenders; interviewing survivors; and the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators.