Analytical article on Liga.net: why the body becomes a battlefield, why silence only prolongs the war, and how Ukraine's legislative decision regarding victims of CRSV sets a global precedent
The war is not only being fought for territory. It is also being fought for human bodies.
Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is an internationally recognized war crime and crime against humanity, not a “side effect” of war. russia uses it as a systematic tool of terror against the civilian population of Ukraine.
In a new analytical article on Liga.netHalyna Skipalska explains in detail why the body becomes a battlefield, why silence only prolongs the war, and how Ukraine's legislative decision regarding victims of CRSV sets a global precedent.