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Opinion: Sexual violence is not a hidden war crime in Ukraine

Opinion: Sexual violence is not a hidden war crime in Ukraine

by Anna Mykytenko

Working alongside investigators and prosecutors on sexual and gender-based crimes is a horrific experience. It involves listening to, reading, and hearing accounts of unimaginable suffering in sickening detail. To support the work of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office, Mobile Justice Teams (MJTs) comprised of Ukrainian and international experts were

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