Angelina Jolie lauded by William Hague over war zone anti-rape campaign

Hague said he and the actor have worked closely for two years to end the "mass crime" of rape in war zones and would continue to do so - as they prepared to head a global summit in London on the issue.
The conference aims to draw up an international agreement on standards for documenting and investigating sexual violence in conflict zones in an attempt to ensure justice for victims. Campaigners are also pressing for armies to be trained to prevent sexual violence in conflict zones and for more support for survivors, Kazinform has learnt from the Guardian.
Rape in war zones has a lifelong impact on hundreds of thousands of people, Hague said, and the crime has affected most continents in the world and countries including Syria, Rwanda, Congo and Colombia.
"This is one of the great mass crimes of the 20th century and the 21st century, sadly," he told BBC Breakfast. "If anything, this is getting worse - war zone rape as a weapon of war, used systematically and deliberately against civilian populations."
Hague paid tribute to Jolie, who is a special envoy for the UN commissioner for refugees, saying she had made an huge difference to the campaign.
"What this campaign needs is big powerful governments of the world, like us, with a big diplomatic network and a big development budget to really get involved and take action, as we are," he said.
"But it also needs people who will be listened to in a different way from governments and speak with their own personal authority and Angelina Jolie brings that.
"She is very committed to this, very knowledgeable about the issues, she has come up with many of the ideas for the campaign. She and I have been working closely on this for the last two years and we will keep doing so."
The four-day global summit - End Sexual Violence in Conflict (ESVC) - starts on Tuesday at the ExCel conference centre in London Docklands.