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There are potential downsides to this sort of "self-policing" though - in the example used as catalyst here, for instance, if the events unfolded in such a way that it became a criminal matter, police should have been involved instead of Panhel. There exists the potential for Panhel Policing to take precedence in the minds of some over good old fashioned police, which is a dangerous place to exist. If a violent event doesn't rise to a criminal level, now you've allowed a sort of pseudo-law to intervene - one that is poorly framed, and potentially administered by the victims themselves. That's a week's worth of red flags, isn't it?
Second, saying "if sororities want to mix with XYZ, they still can" is a bit short-sighted - this creates an official (and hard to fight) method to put pressure on other sororities to NOT mix with the fraternity, and it will be VERY hard for one chapter to fight the rest.
Third, the policy has no teeth, and does nothing to address the fundamental (or underlying) problem of gender violence.
I guess this just seems like a poor way to fight the real problem - if we're promoting accountability, then promote accountability, because enforcing accountability is a contradiction in terms.
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