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Today, we feature Fatoumata and her two friends. Fatoumata is from Guinea. In 2009, she was forced to experience the tragic events of the September 28 Massacre in Conakry stadium, including killings and rapes by armed forces. Thanks to interim reparations, she has built a pirogue and started a small fishing business. She has also […]

In the run up to the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on 19 June, we are presenting four women. These women have set up their own activities with the support of GSF’s interim reparative measures. Today, we meet Adama. Adama is from Guinea. In 2009, she was forced to experience […]

Geneva, 8 March 2021  The International Criminal Court today issued its first order ever on reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). The Global Survivors Fund (GSF) welcomes this landmark decision, one of major importance for survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country where sexual violence was used as a weapon of […]

Geneva, 3 March 2021 The Global Survivors Fund welcomes the adoption of the Yazidi Survivors Law by the Parliament of Iraq yesterday. When implemented, the law will enable the recognition of the suffering of survivors of ISIS captivity and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), as well as the fulfilment of their right to reparations and the […]

The Guardian, 4 February 2021 The article reports on the landmark judgment of the International Criminal Court which saw Dominic Ongwen convicted of 61 individual charges of murder, rape, sexual slavery, abduction and torture as a commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the violent conflict which occurred in Uganda in the mid-1980s. While […]

Geneva, 2 February 2021  The Global Survivors Fund (“the GSF”) welcomes the approval of the Government of South Sudan to proceed with the establishment of the Transitional Justice, Accountability, Reconciliation and Healing Institutions to address violations committed during the conflict.   In accordance with the Chapter V of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic […]

Geneva, 28 September 2020 “As we are commemorating the tragic events of the 28 September in Guinea, the Global Survivors Fund calls upon the Government of Guinea to live up to its commitment  and immediately proceed with the organization of the trial and the establishment of a reparations programme  for survivors of sexual violence and […]

As we recognize the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we wish to recall first and foremost the seriousness of acts of sexual violence committed as a strategy of war, domination, and terror.   Such acts have serious and lasting consequences for the victims and affected communities, but also for society […]

HOW GSF ACTs The Global Survivors Fund’s Approach to Interim Reparative Measures Projects Table of contents 3 Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and the Right to Reparation 3 Introduction to IRM Projects Terminology Guiding principles 5 GSF’S Project Mehodology Preparatory Phase Project Implementation Plan Creating the Governance Framework Project Implementation…