Justice

Sixthly, we welcome the work of the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, particularly with respect to strengthening the capacity of States in armed conflict or in the post-conflict period in criminal investigations, military justice, the preparation of witnesses and the provision of compensation to victims. It is also important to pool international efforts to assist religious and national leaders in raising the awareness of communities of the need to reject stereotypes and to fight the stigmatization of victims of sexual violence, thereby ensuring that the terrorists and extremists will lose the ideological battle and fail in their attempts to legitimize rape from a religious point of view. We know the role played by religious leaders against fatwas issued by terrorist organizations against the status of women in conflict areas.