The ‘International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict’ was launched today in the Parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

As part of the International Protocol’s Bosnian launch, the photo exhibition “My Body: A War Zone” has been part of a special program entitled “Breaking the Silence and Stigma.” My photos are part of this exhibition, portraits and testimonies of survivors of wartime sexual violence from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Today sees the launch of a week of activity in cities across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), aimed at increasing widespread awareness of the ‘Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative’. The initiative is working to replace the culture of impunity for crimes of sexual violence in conflict with one of deterrence and was launched in 2012 by the former UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and the Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie.

This is one of my photos during the exhibition “My Body: A War Zone” in the hall of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.