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Amnesty International
Responding to Senate Hearings on Mass Rapes in Conflict, Amnesty International Calls for Passage of International Violence Against Women Act
May 30th, 2009
Amnesty International today urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to act on the International Violence Against Women Act to demonstrate that it is serious about preventing and punishing mass rape during war. The human rights organization responded to a hearing being held today on rape in conflict, co-sponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer of California and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. Amnesty International is pressing Senator John Kerry, the committee chair, and Senator Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican member, to reintroduce the bill, which won bipartisan support in the last Congress when it was introduced by then-Senator Joe Biden and Senator Lugar. The bill...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-05-30)
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