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Women Survivors of Genocide and Sexual Violence Gathered in Santa María Nebaj, on 24 February 2023, we Ixil, Q’eqchi’es, Poqomchi’es, Achi’es and mestizo women unite our voices to dignify all the victims of the Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala, which deeply affected our lives. Considering that our lives and our bodies were used as a […]

Ukraine In 2014, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in the now occupied region of Crimea, whilst supporting the self-proclaimed “Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics” armed groups in their attempt to break away from Ukraine. Since then, conflict-related sexual violence has been perpetrated, along with other serious violations, by all actors involved. Survivors have reported […]

Uganda Women, men and children in Uganda were abducted and subjected to conflict-related sexual violence during fighting between the national armed forces and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) from 1986 to 2006. In 2019, the government created a national transitional justice policy, but it has yet to take effect – preventing survivors from receiving reparations. Following the […]

Türkiye Executions, mass arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearances characterised the daily life of Syrians under the Assad regime, particularly during the 13-year civil war. Less discussed and acknowledged, but no less characteristic of this drawn-out conflict, was the systematic and widespread use of sexual violence. Committed by both the Syrian regime and other warring parties, […]

South Sudan Since the onset of the civil war in 2013, South Sudan has experienced widespread conflict-related sexual violence. Rape, sexual slavery and other forms of conflict-related sexual violence have been used during the war in all ten states and three administrative areas, despite a revitalised peace agreement signed in 2018 according to a meeting with UNMISS in […]

Iraq In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) launched a genocide against the Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority group indigenous to northern Iraq. ISIS executed around 5,000 Yazidi men and boys and took more than 6,000 women and girls captive and subjected them to forced marriages, rape, and other forms of conflict-related […]

Colombia Durante más de cinco décadas, Colombia se ha enfrentado a un conflicto armado interno que ha afectado a más de 9 millones de personas. Guerrillas, paramilitares, cárteles de la droga y fuerzas del Estado se han enfrentado por el control del territorio, con graves consecuencias para la población civil, quienes han sido víctimas de […]