Professor Catherine Powell was quoted in a CNN piece about Nobel Peace Prize recipients Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad and their ongoing campaign to defeat the Islamic State.
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad says one thing: survivor stories matter. Mukwege, a gynecologist who set up a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has treated thousands of rape survivors who suffered traumatic injuries at the hands of warring militias, while Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist who survived enslavement at the hands of Islamic State militants.
These two indefatigable campaigners on a quest for justice have never stopped reminding the world that sexual violence is still an ongoing issue.
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“As part of the campaign to defeat the Islamic State, the Security Council and Iraq should support accountability for the terror group’s use of rape and other forms of sexual violence, as convicting and imprisoning its top leaders for these crimes will take them off the battlefield and undermine the revenues gained from sex trafficking,” wrote Fordham Law Professor Catherine Powell last year.