Professor Milena Sterio, along with a group of experts, submitted a Comment to the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor on November 23.  The Comment was submitted in response to the Office of the Prosecutor’s Request for Comments from experts on its draft policy on the prosecution of the crime of sexual persecution.  Professor Sterio and her expert colleagues, in their Comment, focused on the distinction between motive and intent within the prosecution of the crime of sexual persecution, and on the need to develop a comprehensive regime of victim participation within the context of such prosecutions.