During the 14th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice was invited to speak on a plenary panel addressing complementarity for sexual and gender-based crimes and ensuring access to justice before the ICC and domestic courts.  This was the first plenary ever held at the ASP dedicated to a discussion on accountability for sexual and gender-based violence in the context of the ICC’s jurisdiction and the responsibility of states parties to pursue domestic prosecutions for these crimes.

The plenary was organised and co-hosted by the Governments of Sweden and Botswana. Panelists included H.E. Ms Alice Bah Kuhnke, Minister for Culture and Democracy of Sweden; H.E. Mr Sidiki Kaba, Minister of Justice of Senegal and President of the Assembly of States Parties; Ms Fatou Bensouda, ICC Prosecutor; Dr Athaliah L. Molokomme, Attorney General of Botswana; Ms Thelma Aldana, Attorney General of Guatemala; Mr Mike Chibita, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Uganda; and Brigid Inder, Executive Director, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and Special Advisor on Gender to the Prosecutor of the ICC.

Read the presentation by Brigid Inder, Executive Director.