Five Years On - No Justice for Sexual Violence in Darfur

Publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Publication Date:
7 April 2008
Tags:
Sudan, Conflict, Peace and Security, Women and Gender, Human Rights

Five years into the armed conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, women and girls living in displaced persons camps, towns, and rural areas remain extremely vulnerable to sexual violence.1 Sexual violence continues to occur throughout the region, both in the context of continuing attacks on civilians, and during periods of relative calm. Those responsible are usually men from the Sudanese security forces, militias,2 rebel groups, and former rebel groups, who target women and girls predominantly (but not exclusively) from Fur, Zaghawa, Masalit, Berti, Tunjur, and other non-Arab ethnicities.

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