Rape can be a weapon of choice for armed groups, and it has the power to destroy entire communities. Photo: Reuters
Congo's Jean-Pierre Bemba became the highest-ranking politician to be convicted by the international war crimes court earlier this week, when it judged him responsible for a 2002-2003 campaign of rape and murder in Central African Republic.
It is the International Criminal Court's first case to focus primarily on crimes of sexual violence committed in war, as well as the first in which the court has found a high official directly responsible for the crimes of his subordinates.
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