Latest items for GEW-PRACTICE-1
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Two high level transitional justice mechanisms: (a) The Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), and (b) The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) are established and in operation as per the Commission on Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Act, 2014 (TRC Act). These commissions have separate offices with Chairpersons, members and secretariats to discharge duties and delivery of justice to conflict-affected persons including women. In each commission, Chairperson and members have been appointed with at least one woman member." (19)(NF - CODER COMMENT - The conflict mentioned is the Nepalese Civil war which lasted from 1996-2006 in which royalist forces of the Nepalese government fought against...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Two high level transitional justice mechanisms: (a) The Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), and (b) The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) are established and in operation as per the Commission on Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Act, 2014 (TRC Act). These commissions have separate offices with Chairpersons, members and secretariats to discharge duties and delivery of justice to conflict-affected persons including women. In each commission, Chairperson and members have been appointed with at least one woman member." (19)(NF - CODER COMMENT - The conflict mentioned is the Nepalese Civil war which lasted from 1996-2006 in which royalist forces of the Nepalese government fought against...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:42 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
"'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had the approval of the soldiers' immediate superiors yet said that troops seen as against Putin's invasion were in constant fear of physical and psychological pressure. 'One [rapist] ran away, and the rest were beaten by fellow soldiers and commanders using stools,' he said. 'They wanted to shoot them [for committing the atrocity]. 'They could not be charged because there was no evidence, so they were simply dismissed [from the army].'" (para 12-15).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
"'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had the approval of the soldiers' immediate superiors yet said that troops seen as against Putin's invasion were in constant fear of physical and psychological pressure. 'One [rapist] ran away, and the rest were beaten by fellow soldiers and commanders using stools,' he said. 'They wanted to shoot them [for committing the atrocity]. 'They could not be charged because there was no evidence, so they were simply dismissed [from the army].'" (para 12-15).
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:41 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
"'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had the approval of the soldiers' immediate superiors yet said that troops seen as against Putin's invasion were in constant fear of physical and psychological pressure. 'One [rapist] ran away, and the rest were beaten by fellow soldiers and commanders using stools,' he said. 'They wanted to shoot them [for committing the atrocity]. 'They could not be charged because there was no evidence, so they were simply dismissed [from the army].'" (para 12-15).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
"'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had the approval of the soldiers' immediate superiors yet said that troops seen as against Putin's invasion were in constant fear of physical and psychological pressure. 'One [rapist] ran away, and the rest were beaten by fellow soldiers and commanders using stools,' he said. 'They wanted to shoot them [for committing the atrocity]. 'They could not be charged because there was no evidence, so they were simply dismissed [from the army].'" (para 12-15).
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Jan. 12, 2023, 10:25 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Armed groups have proliferated since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021, and despite the rampant violence, a political solution has yet to materialise. Haiti’s de facto leader, Ariel Henry, has called for foreign troops to intervene, but nearly 100 civil society groups want a “Haitian-led solution” and oppose a foreign intervention." (para 15)."Gangs have also used sexual violence as a weapon against communities collaborating with rival factions." (para 23). "Lawyers have been assisting more than 30 women who have reported rapes, sexual assaults or exploitation at the Carrefour site – a gymnasium that once held more than 1,000 people but closed in July – according to Mario...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Armed groups have proliferated since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021, and despite the rampant violence, a political solution has yet to materialise. Haiti’s de facto leader, Ariel Henry, has called for foreign troops to intervene, but nearly 100 civil society groups want a “Haitian-led solution” and oppose a foreign intervention." (para 15)."Gangs have also used sexual violence as a weapon against communities collaborating with rival factions." (para 23). "Lawyers have been assisting more than 30 women who have reported rapes, sexual assaults or exploitation at the Carrefour site – a gymnasium that once held more than 1,000 people but closed in July – according to Mario...more
Oct. 7, 2022, 12:27 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Women across Ukraine are grappling with the threat of rape as a weapon of war as growing evidence of sexual violence emerges from areas retaken from retreating Russian forces. Particularly difficult for many to comprehend is the scale of the sexual violence." (1) "As Russian troops have withdrawn from towns and suburbs around the capital in order to refocus the war effort on Ukraine’s east, women and girls have come forward to tell the police, media and human rights organisations of atrocities they have suffered at the hands of Russian soldiers. Gang-rapes, assaults taking place at gunpoint, and rapes committed in front of children are among the grim testimonies collected...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Women across Ukraine are grappling with the threat of rape as a weapon of war as growing evidence of sexual violence emerges from areas retaken from retreating Russian forces. Particularly difficult for many to comprehend is the scale of the sexual violence." (1) "As Russian troops have withdrawn from towns and suburbs around the capital in order to refocus the war effort on Ukraine’s east, women and girls have come forward to tell the police, media and human rights organisations of atrocities they have suffered at the hands of Russian soldiers. Gang-rapes, assaults taking place at gunpoint, and rapes committed in front of children are among the grim testimonies collected...more
July 1, 2022, 11:43 a.m.
Countries: East Timor
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Government is providing financial support for women victims of violence during the conflict mainly through the funding of CSOs working with survivors and victims of the conflict such as ACbit and Fokupers.98 These organizations connect the victims with social and health services or engage them in activities focusing on livelihoods and memorialising female victims and survivors. However, no central institution oversees the support to the victims of the past conflict" (18). "CNC is currently developing two projects in cooperation with the Government focusing on female victims of sexual violence during the conflict: 1) A cooperation framework with MoJ to facilitate the civil registration and provision of birth certificate to children...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Government is providing financial support for women victims of violence during the conflict mainly through the funding of CSOs working with survivors and victims of the conflict such as ACbit and Fokupers.98 These organizations connect the victims with social and health services or engage them in activities focusing on livelihoods and memorialising female victims and survivors. However, no central institution oversees the support to the victims of the past conflict" (18). "CNC is currently developing two projects in cooperation with the Government focusing on female victims of sexual violence during the conflict: 1) A cooperation framework with MoJ to facilitate the civil registration and provision of birth certificate to children...more
May 16, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"A Russian woman has been heard giving her soldier partner permission to rape Ukrainian locals in a phone call intercepted by Kyiv's security services. The shocking 30-second audio clip of the conversation was posted to the telegram channel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Tuesday. 'Wives of Russian aggressors call on their husbands to rape Ukrainian women,' the agency wrote on Telegram, along with the clip. 'This shocking interception by the SBU reflects the moral values not only of the occupiers but also of their relatives, 80% of whom now support the war in Ukraine,' the agency claimed in its description of the recording" (Para. 1-4). "Release of...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"A Russian woman has been heard giving her soldier partner permission to rape Ukrainian locals in a phone call intercepted by Kyiv's security services. The shocking 30-second audio clip of the conversation was posted to the telegram channel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Tuesday. 'Wives of Russian aggressors call on their husbands to rape Ukrainian women,' the agency wrote on Telegram, along with the clip. 'This shocking interception by the SBU reflects the moral values not only of the occupiers but also of their relatives, 80% of whom now support the war in Ukraine,' the agency claimed in its description of the recording" (Para. 1-4). "Release of...more
March 17, 2022, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"There is a “new wave of sexual violence”, with 11 reports from different women [in Ukraine] that they were raped by Russian soldiers in Kershon [in Ukraine], confirmed by a local gynaecologist. Of those 11, only five survived. Other reports of sexual violation by troops are being picked up by the UK media."
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"There is a “new wave of sexual violence”, with 11 reports from different women [in Ukraine] that they were raped by Russian soldiers in Kershon [in Ukraine], confirmed by a local gynaecologist. Of those 11, only five survived. Other reports of sexual violation by troops are being picked up by the UK media."
Feb. 24, 2022, 10:11 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"...Illegal armed groups, as well as narcotics traffickers, were significant perpetrators of human rights abuses and violent crimes and committed acts of extrajudicial and unlawful killings, extortion, and other abuses, such as kidnapping, torture, human trafficking, bombings and use of landmines, restriction on freedom of movement, sexual violence, recruitment and use of child soldiers, and intimidation of journalists, women, and human rights defenders. The government investigated these actions and prosecuted those responsible to the extent possible" (1-2). "Violence against women, as well as impunity for perpetrators, continued to be a problem. Members of illegal armed groups, including former paramilitary members and guerrillas, also continued to rape and abuse women and...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"...Illegal armed groups, as well as narcotics traffickers, were significant perpetrators of human rights abuses and violent crimes and committed acts of extrajudicial and unlawful killings, extortion, and other abuses, such as kidnapping, torture, human trafficking, bombings and use of landmines, restriction on freedom of movement, sexual violence, recruitment and use of child soldiers, and intimidation of journalists, women, and human rights defenders. The government investigated these actions and prosecuted those responsible to the extent possible" (1-2). "Violence against women, as well as impunity for perpetrators, continued to be a problem. Members of illegal armed groups, including former paramilitary members and guerrillas, also continued to rape and abuse women and...more
Feb. 23, 2022, 3:02 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The United Nations reported in 2018 it had received one allegation of sexual exploitation and abuse against a member of the Senegalese military deployed with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). In addition, the United Nations substantiated one sexual exploitation case from 2017 involving a Senegalese police officer in MINUSCA and two 2017 cases involving Senegalese police serving within the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). Authorities repatriated these individuals back to Senegal, and judicial action remained ongoing" (2-3).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The United Nations reported in 2018 it had received one allegation of sexual exploitation and abuse against a member of the Senegalese military deployed with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). In addition, the United Nations substantiated one sexual exploitation case from 2017 involving a Senegalese police officer in MINUSCA and two 2017 cases involving Senegalese police serving within the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). Authorities repatriated these individuals back to Senegal, and judicial action remained ongoing" (2-3).
Feb. 11, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Romania
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"According to the United Nations, three allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Romanian peacekeepers reported in 2017 and 2018 were pending. All cases involved military observers deployed in UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One case involved the alleged sexual abuse (rape) of a minor. The peacekeeper in question was repatriated by the United Nations" (4).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"According to the United Nations, three allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Romanian peacekeepers reported in 2017 and 2018 were pending. All cases involved military observers deployed in UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One case involved the alleged sexual abuse (rape) of a minor. The peacekeeper in question was repatriated by the United Nations" (4).
Jan. 10, 2022, 10:08 a.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Leftist and human rights activists continued to report harassment by local security forces, including abuse of detainees by police and prison officials. Rape was not generally used as a weapon of war, but the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict identified three cases of rape by the Maute Group in 2018" (14).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Leftist and human rights activists continued to report harassment by local security forces, including abuse of detainees by police and prison officials. Rape was not generally used as a weapon of war, but the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict identified three cases of rape by the Maute Group in 2018" (14).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Although the government and military states that it is not accepting of rape and/or kidnapping of women and girls being used as a weapon of war, there are no mechanisms nor institutions strong enough to bring rapists in front of the judicial system. Most, if not all of these cases are handled between clan elders. No allegations reported from Al Shabab and government troops, but there is rape in the refugee camps by the people in the camp" (1).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Although the government and military states that it is not accepting of rape and/or kidnapping of women and girls being used as a weapon of war, there are no mechanisms nor institutions strong enough to bring rapists in front of the judicial system. Most, if not all of these cases are handled between clan elders. No allegations reported from Al Shabab and government troops, but there is rape in the refugee camps by the people in the camp" (1).
Jan. 4, 2022, 11:45 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The government effectively enforced applicable labor laws and convicted four defendants in one case involving forced labor" (18).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The government effectively enforced applicable labor laws and convicted four defendants in one case involving forced labor" (18).
Nov. 3, 2021, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Time and again women have been subjected to physical violence by military and paramilitary forces" (para 2). This is referring to in the region of Kashmir (CAT - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Time and again women have been subjected to physical violence by military and paramilitary forces" (para 2). This is referring to in the region of Kashmir (CAT - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 28, 2021, 12:31 a.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The law prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labor, the government effectively enforced the law, and resources, inspections, and remediation were adequate" (Page 14).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The law prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labor, the government effectively enforced the law, and resources, inspections, and remediation were adequate" (Page 14).
Sept. 29, 2021, 9:33 a.m.
Countries: Mali
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Colombian Roman Catholic missionary Cecilia Narvaez Argoti, captured in February 2017 in Koutiala, southern Mali, and French humanitarian Sophie Petronin, abducted in Gao in 2016, remained in captivity with extremist groups. On August 1, two humanitarian NGO workers kidnapped in April in Douentza, Mopti region, were released, while the mayor of Wadouba, abducted August 8, was found dead the following day. Makan Doumbia, the prefect of Tenenkou, abducted in May 2018, was freed in a security operation in February" (12-13).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Colombian Roman Catholic missionary Cecilia Narvaez Argoti, captured in February 2017 in Koutiala, southern Mali, and French humanitarian Sophie Petronin, abducted in Gao in 2016, remained in captivity with extremist groups. On August 1, two humanitarian NGO workers kidnapped in April in Douentza, Mopti region, were released, while the mayor of Wadouba, abducted August 8, was found dead the following day. Makan Doumbia, the prefect of Tenenkou, abducted in May 2018, was freed in a security operation in February" (12-13).
Sept. 25, 2021, 9:48 p.m.
Countries: Czech Republic
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The law prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labor, and the government effectively enforced these prohibitions. Resources, inspections, and remediation were adequate. Penalties were sufficient to deter violations" (26).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The law prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labor, and the government effectively enforced these prohibitions. Resources, inspections, and remediation were adequate. Penalties were sufficient to deter violations" (26).
Sept. 21, 2021, 2:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Significant human rights issues included: ...the use of forced or compulsory child labor; the use of domestic forced labor through mass mobilizations and as a part of the re-education system; and the imposition of forced labor conditions on DPRK overseas contract workers" (1). "Reports noted authorities subjected children to forced labor for up to 12 hours per day and did not allow them to leave the [prison] camps" (21). The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor. Nonetheless, the government mobilized the population for construction and other labor projects. 'Reformatory labor' and 're-education through labor,' sometimes of entire families, were common punishments for political offenses. Forced and compulsory labor in such...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Significant human rights issues included: ...the use of forced or compulsory child labor; the use of domestic forced labor through mass mobilizations and as a part of the re-education system; and the imposition of forced labor conditions on DPRK overseas contract workers" (1). "Reports noted authorities subjected children to forced labor for up to 12 hours per day and did not allow them to leave the [prison] camps" (21). The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor. Nonetheless, the government mobilized the population for construction and other labor projects. 'Reformatory labor' and 're-education through labor,' sometimes of entire families, were common punishments for political offenses. Forced and compulsory labor in such...more
Sept. 13, 2021, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"There were multiple media and NGO reports that persons detained in the internment camps in Xinjiang (see section 6) were subjected to forced labor. The detainees mostly worked in textile factories producing garments. In June a factory investigation report stated apparel made at a forced labor camp in Xinjiang was imported by a U.S. athletic gear provider" (82). "Although in 2013 the NPC officially abolished the re-education through labor system,... numerous media outlets and NGOs reported forced labor continued in prisons as well as drug rehabilitation facilities... In August an NGO report stated prison labor was used in cotton production in Xinjiang" (83). "The law does not prohibit all forms...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"There were multiple media and NGO reports that persons detained in the internment camps in Xinjiang (see section 6) were subjected to forced labor. The detainees mostly worked in textile factories producing garments. In June a factory investigation report stated apparel made at a forced labor camp in Xinjiang was imported by a U.S. athletic gear provider" (82). "Although in 2013 the NPC officially abolished the re-education through labor system,... numerous media outlets and NGOs reported forced labor continued in prisons as well as drug rehabilitation facilities... In August an NGO report stated prison labor was used in cotton production in Xinjiang" (83). "The law does not prohibit all forms...more
Aug. 20, 2021, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The law prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labor. The government did not effectively enforce the law. Officials reported difficulties in verifying working conditions and salaries in the informal fishing, agricultural, construction, and domestic-service sectors. Legal penalties for forced labor were stringent, including imprisonment and fines, but these penalties were insufficient to deter violations. Although the government made efforts to highlight the problem of forced labor, the extent to which these efforts were effective remained unclear. Moreover, there was some evidence that employers, particularly those operating brick kilns, were violating the law prohibiting forced or bonded labor, and that some local government authorities were turning a blind eye to...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The law prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labor. The government did not effectively enforce the law. Officials reported difficulties in verifying working conditions and salaries in the informal fishing, agricultural, construction, and domestic-service sectors. Legal penalties for forced labor were stringent, including imprisonment and fines, but these penalties were insufficient to deter violations. Although the government made efforts to highlight the problem of forced labor, the extent to which these efforts were effective remained unclear. Moreover, there was some evidence that employers, particularly those operating brick kilns, were violating the law prohibiting forced or bonded labor, and that some local government authorities were turning a blind eye to...more
July 22, 2021, 4:40 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Boko Haram fighters targeted women and girls with rape and other sexual violence, amounting to war crimes, during recent raids in northeast Nigeria, new research by Amnesty International has revealed" (Para 1). "'As Boko Haram continue their relentless cycle of killings, abductions and looting, they are also subjecting women and girls to rape and other sexual violence during their attacks. These atrocities are war crimes,' said Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria" (Para 4). "One woman was physically assaulted by Boko Haram fighters as she fled from an attack in late 2020. She crawled to a home and hid there with her children, and saw fighters return and enter...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Boko Haram fighters targeted women and girls with rape and other sexual violence, amounting to war crimes, during recent raids in northeast Nigeria, new research by Amnesty International has revealed" (Para 1). "'As Boko Haram continue their relentless cycle of killings, abductions and looting, they are also subjecting women and girls to rape and other sexual violence during their attacks. These atrocities are war crimes,' said Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria" (Para 4). "One woman was physically assaulted by Boko Haram fighters as she fled from an attack in late 2020. She crawled to a home and hid there with her children, and saw fighters return and enter...more
June 29, 2021, 11:26 a.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"RMGs and some FARDC (The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) elements kidnapped numerous persons, generally for forced labor, military service, or sexual slavery" (p 5). "According to media reports, members of the FARDC (The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) raped as many as 25 women in Makobola, 14 miles south of Uvira, in late September and mid-October after the withdrawal of a Mai Mai group that had been operating in the area" (p 17). "RMG members raped men, women, and minors as part of the violence among and between them and the FARDC. Statistics on rape, including rape of males, were not...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"RMGs and some FARDC (The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) elements kidnapped numerous persons, generally for forced labor, military service, or sexual slavery" (p 5). "According to media reports, members of the FARDC (The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) raped as many as 25 women in Makobola, 14 miles south of Uvira, in late September and mid-October after the withdrawal of a Mai Mai group that had been operating in the area" (p 17). "RMG members raped men, women, and minors as part of the violence among and between them and the FARDC. Statistics on rape, including rape of males, were not...more
June 29, 2021, 8:45 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The passage of the [Yazidi Female Survivors Law]... makes Iraq one of the first Arab countries to focus 'institutional attention on female survivors of conflict-related sexual violence'" (para 3).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The passage of the [Yazidi Female Survivors Law]... makes Iraq one of the first Arab countries to focus 'institutional attention on female survivors of conflict-related sexual violence'" (para 3).
June 25, 2021, 6:47 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledged in a speech to parliament on March 23 that 'atrocities were being committed by raping women' and promised that the perpetrators would be punished. But no charges have been announced by civilian or military prosecutors against any soldiers" (para 22-23).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledged in a speech to parliament on March 23 that 'atrocities were being committed by raping women' and promised that the perpetrators would be punished. But no charges have been announced by civilian or military prosecutors against any soldiers" (para 22-23).
June 25, 2021, 11:51 a.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-2
"On May 15, HRW reported that since 2015 UPDF soldiers (deployed as part of an African Union effort to eliminate the Lord’s Resistance Army, a nonstate armed group) had sexually abused and exploited at least 13 women and girls in the Central African Republic. HRW reported that a UPDF soldier raped a 15-year-old girl in Obo village, while other soldiers offered food and money to girls and women in exchange for sex. According to HRW, in 2016 the UPDF investigated certain rape allegations against its soldiers and 'found no evidence of wrongdoing.' According to HRW, three of the victims said that UPDF soldiers threatened reprisals if they told Ugandan and...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-2
"On May 15, HRW reported that since 2015 UPDF soldiers (deployed as part of an African Union effort to eliminate the Lord’s Resistance Army, a nonstate armed group) had sexually abused and exploited at least 13 women and girls in the Central African Republic. HRW reported that a UPDF soldier raped a 15-year-old girl in Obo village, while other soldiers offered food and money to girls and women in exchange for sex. According to HRW, in 2016 the UPDF investigated certain rape allegations against its soldiers and 'found no evidence of wrongdoing.' According to HRW, three of the victims said that UPDF soldiers threatened reprisals if they told Ugandan and...more
June 24, 2021, 5:40 p.m.
Countries: Eritrea
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3, GEW-DATA-1
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3, GEW-DATA-1
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more
June 24, 2021, 5:39 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more