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Publication of Article in "Issues in International Criminal Justice"

 

INVESTIGATING RAPE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA

 

By Ellie Smith*

 

This article focuses on the impact of trauma on the ability of survivors of sexual violence to recall and articulate narratives of their experiences, and the impact of this on investigation and testimony at the International Criminal Court. The article is the text of a presentation given at The Hague on the eve of the Lubanga judgment, and is published in "Issues in International Criminal Justice".

 

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*Ellie Smith is a PhD candidate at the University of Bournemouth, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London. She holds an undergraduate degree in law from the University of Cambridge and an LLM from the London School of Economics. She is an international human rights lawyer with substantive experience in interdisciplinary (legal/clinical) work with survivors of torture and organised violence.