Thank you, Dr. Zawati, for attending our committee today and offering your very valuable insight into this matter.
In your work you have shed light on the horrific crimes of sexual violence in armed conflict zones. I thank you for your research on this very important issue.
Dr. Zawati, you have studied ethnic cleansing, genocide, and sexual violence, which occurred during conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, as well as in Rwanda.
I have travelled to Rwanda, where I witnessed the aftermath of these very tragic crimes. To your knowledge, how does the sexual violence and persecution of religious minorities in Syria compare to the crimes that occurred in the former Yugoslavia and in Rwanda?