Gender violence in conflict

This report reviews a study of the strategies used by local actors to operationalize reparations for victims of human rights violations, while highlighting the synergies between these efforts and sustainable development. This is based on the fieldwork of ICTJ and its partners in four areas: Colombia, The Gambia, Tunisia, and Uganda. The report presents findings from the comparative study and offers practical guidance and policy recommendations on how to advance reparations and sustainable development.
 

In the Ogiek case, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights held that Kenya had violated multiple provisions of the African Charter by forcibly evicting the Ogiek, an indigenous forest-dwelling community, from their ancestral lands in the Mau Forest Complex without consultation, justification, or adequate compensation.

In a radio speech, President Lasana Conté of Guinea called on the citizens and armed forces of Guinea to engage in mass discrimination against Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea. This allegedly resulted in numerous human rights violations against the refugees, including the widespread rape of Sierra Leonean women in Guinea. According to the complaint, Sierra Leonean women were raped as a way to "punish them for being so-called rebels." The soldiers and civilians used weapons to intimidate and threaten the women.

Report by Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment, examining the scale and magnitude of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) directed against women and girls in Timor-Leste (November, 2009).

Amit Sundra v. Sheetal Khanna was a domestic violence case under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The Delhi High Court vacated a stay the husband had obtained on a Magistrate Court’s order allowing the wife to reside in the marital home and receive monthly maintenance.

This case arose from a January 2011 incident in Fizi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Congolese soldiers had carried out a retaliatory military operation against civilians following the killing of a fellow soldier. This resulted in mass arrests, the collective rape of women, torture, destruction of property, and other abuses against fifty-three women and one man.

In 2010, the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice held a conference in Washington, DC to discuss advances and obstacles to securing justice for women and girls in conflict and post-conflict areas.