<p>The UK hosted a conference in Geneva on 6 September to discuss the international protocol and raised awareness of the challenges to documenting and investigating sexual violence in conflict with states, UN agencies, regional organisations and non-governmental organisations. We have also convened meetings of the expert working groups in May, June and July 2013. In addition to these formal meetings, we continue to engage informally with key experts on all aspects of the draft and participated in a high level expert meeting at the African Union Commission on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence in Conflict in October during which we discussed the protocol.</p>