By Journalists For JusticeThe Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI) has developed guidelines for investigating conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence against men and boys to help criminal-justice and human-rights investigators,...
Read moreSexual violence is rampant in the Great Lakes Region. BUJUMBURA Burundian Health Minister Josiane Nijimbere Monday launched the urgent project on sexual violence, gender-based violence (GBV) and women's health in...
Read moreIn July this year, government soldiers raped dozens of ethnic Nuer women and girls just outside a United Nations camp where they had sought protection from renewed fighting.Reports say the...
Read moreJoseph Afandywas abducted for critising the ruling party BY CPJSouth Sudanese journalist Joseph Afandy was abducted and tortured for criticising the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement. Colleagues found Afandy dumped...
Read moreWilfred Nderitu, theCommon Legal Representative for the Victims in the William Ruto and Joshua Sang cases has revealed that he has filed a confidential motion at the ICC. Although he...
Read moreEastern Congo has earned the dubious title of being the rape capital of the world. It is estimated that 48 women are raped every hour – over 1,000 every day...
Read moreThousands of women and men were sexually violated during the post-election violence. During that time, Patricia Nyaundi, currently Chief Executive Officer at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR)...
Read moreBy Joyce J Wangui Eight years ago, something happened that forced her to demand that her husband moves them out of Kosovo, the part of Kiambio largely inhabited by members...
Read moreWomen’s bodies were turned in battle-fields in the post-2007 election violence. Six women have sued the government for failing to protect them against sexual violence and to pursue accountability for...
Read moreStones rain down on the iron sheet roof of Gakii’s house as boys from the neighbourhood call her names and threaten to kill her chickens. “I am like a curse...
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