Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on encouraging other countries to strengthen their laws to prevent and to enable more effective prosecution of perpetrators of sexual violence.

A key priority of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative is to ensure that perpetrators of sexual violence are brought to account.

We work with a number of countries to implement the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict.

The Cote d’Ivoire has expanded its definition of sexual violence to harmonise its Criminal and Civil Codes. Croatia and Kosovo have revised their laws to allow victims of sexual violence to access compensation.