What role for military in preventing sexual violence in conflict?

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• Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee

Witnesses

Tuesday 13 October in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster

At 10.15am:

• Lieutenant-General (retired) David Morrison, former Chief of the Australian Army (via video link)

Tuesday 13 October in Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster

At 3.45pm:

• Major (retired) Philip Lancaster, former Canadian Military (via video link)
• Lieutenant Colonel Alcuin Johnson, Ministry of Defence

Possible questions

Questions the Committee put to the witnesses included:

• What principles should govern the conduct of modern military forces?
• What is the role of armed forces in preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict?
• Are issues of gender and sexual violence in conflict important components of military doctrine and training and why is this? 
• What lessons regarding the response to and prevention of sexual violence in conflict did the Australian Army learn from its role in East Timor and its engagement in Afghanistan?
• How is training on gender and sexual violence in conflict delivered?
• What value does the role of Gender Adviser bring both to the military forces and the citizens of states in which these forces serve?
• What further measures might military forces usefully take to address sexual violence in conflict?
• What are the key challenges facing UN Peacekeeping operations?  How should these be addressed?
• What is your key suggestion for a change this Committee could recommend to improve the UK's policy and practice of preventing sexual violence in conflict? How would you make that happen?

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