1.   Louise Arbour, the new lead prosecutor for the Rwanda and Yugoslavia Tribunals, vows rape prosecutions will take place.

2.   Police usually discourage rape prosecution, and even getting medical treatment is difficult.

3.   Both reported and unreported cases of rape have increased in recent years, Khotkina said, yet the number of rape prosecutions has decreased.

4.   For instance, he suggested that under it every rape prosecution could be deemed a hate crime and prosecuted in federal courts.

5.   Khotkina said reported and unreported rapes have increased in recent years, yet the number of rape prosecutions has decreased.