@report {480796,
	title = {Rape and sexual violence: Human rights law and standards in the International Criminal Court},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011},
	institution = {Amnesty International },
	address = {London, UK},
	abstract = {https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/IOR53/001/2011/en/
This document identifies how the crimes of rape and sexual violence must, as a requirement of its own statute and a matter of international human rights law, be interpreted and applied with equality between men and women by the International Criminal Court (the Court). The Court has yet to rule on this matter in its jurisprudence.
Such incorporation of human rights law and standards in the prosecution of rape and sexual violence should be undertaken by other international courts, as well as national courts, in order to discharge states{\textquoteright} duties under treaty and customary law.
In order to incorporate human rights law and standards in its practice, the Court{\textquoteright}s interpretation of the definition of the crimes should address the behaviour and actions of the perpetrator, and how this affects the victim{\textquoteright}s ability to exercise free and genuine choice, that is, to enjoy his or her human right to physical and mental integrity and sexual autonomy, without discrimination. The Court{\textquoteright}s deliberation should not just address the victim{\textquoteright}s purported {\textquoteleft}consent{\textquoteright} in isolation.
Human rights law and standards requires that investigations and prosecutions of the crimes of rape and sexual violence must be undertaken with careful attention given to the task of challenging stereotypes, which tend to undermine women{\textquoteright}s equality before the law. The integrity of investigations and prosecutions should not be tainted by stereotypical assumptions, including assumptions about sexual violence towards men and boys, as well as towards women and girls.},
	url = {https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/IOR53/001/2011/en/}
}
