 Hi, my name is Pugyu Wu and I am a recent doctoral graduate from Griffith University in Australia. My research focuses on understanding the role of state in preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence. Most international efforts to prevent CRSV relies on states to lead the process of prevention and response mechanisms at a domestic level. However, in most instances it is the state actors such as in the form of military actors who are responsible for this very act of violence. In my research I questioned can states play an effective role in preventing conflict-related sexual violence. A common international approach to responding to conflict-related sexual violence with signing the joint agreement between the state government and the United Nations, Myanmar was one of them. I traced the process of implementation in the context of Myanmar and explained why these approaches not only failed but may have created additional harm. It is also a message to policymakers there is a requirement to obtain more sophisticated understandings of domestic political complexities as well as institutional legacies that can have huge impact on implementing and preventing conflict-related sexual violence in Myanmar and the similar context.