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Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has seen systematic rape and other forms of sexual violence committed on a massive scale for decades. Estimates vary, but somewhere between 250,000 and one million women have been raped since the beginning of the armed conflicts in the 1990s. Only a small […]

Central African Republic Since 2002, the Central African Republic (CAR) has endured some form of armed conflict, with sexual violence used indiscriminately by all parties. Most victims have never seen justice. Our work in CAR started in 2020, when research for our Global Reparations Study began, and ended with the conclusion of our interim reparative measures project in […]

Guinea On 28 September 2009, a peaceful demonstration against the military junta at a sports stadium in Conakry was violently repressed by security forces. Many people were subjected to sexual violence. In 2024, former government officials, including president and junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara, were convicted by a national court for crimes against humanity, including […]

Syria Syria’s Assad regime used sexual violence as a systematic weapon of oppression during its rule, including against thousands of people detained in prisons and secret facilities across the country. These violations were also committed by other parties throughout the 14-year conflict. Association of Detainees and Missing of Sednaya Prison (ADMSP) Women Survivor Network of Deir […]

Cambodia Conflict-related sexual violence committed by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime (1975-1979) remains mostly unacknowledged. Forced marriages were prevalent and were imposed on both men and women. Rape and sexualised torture were also widely committed.  The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), established by Cambodia and the United Nations, sought to prosecute those responsible for the crimes committed during the regime’s rule, when an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people were killed. […]

Nepal From 1996 until 2006, thousands of people were subjected to conflict-related sexual violence in a civil war between the armed forces and rebel groups who later became the Communist Party of Nepal. Women belonging to Indigenous groups, so-called lower castes and impoverished communities were particularly targeted. Sexual violence was committed in police and army custody […]

Since April 2023, more than 818,000 people have fled to eastern Chad to escape the war in Sudan. According to the UN, over 83 per cent are women and children, and 71 per cent report having experienced human rights violations during displacement, including sexual and gender-based violence. Sexual violence has been used as a weapon of […]

Côte d’Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire has experienced violent conflicts since 2002, leading to rampant human rights abuses and sexual violence committed by all parties. In the early days, conflict-related sexual violence was used to punish and humiliate political enemies and became more widespread during an armed rebellion. This continued until the end of the electoral crisis in […]

Our work Children affected by conflict-related sexual violence Whether they are themselves survivors or have had their family life forever changed because of conflict-related sexual violence, children have a right to reparation. Children suffer specific harms that must be addressed through reparation, but they are often unable to advocate for what they need by themselves. […]

Our work Financing reparations Reparations are affordable. Despite their clear obligation under international law, States are often reluctant to enact administrative reparation programmes. A key reason for their inaction is that reparations are often perceived as unaffordable. This is false. Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence have a right to reparation for the harms they have suffered, there […]