; Whereas Israeli officials have documented extensive sexual abuse of corpses; Whereas reports from released hostages held by Hamas for more than a month indicate that women and men were subjected to sexual violence while in captivity; Whereas the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, done at Geneva August 12, 1949 (commonly referred to as the Fourth Geneva Convention ), recognizes rape in conflict settings as a war crime; and Whereas sexual violence is used in many conflict settings as a tool to humiliate, control, oppress, and defeat women and the communities to which they belong: Now, therefore, be it