Reports

Yogyakarta, 15 July 2024 – YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) has held Training on Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) and Psychological First Aids (PFA) on Monday, 15 July 2024 in Yogyakarta. This training aims…

LOCATION Geneva I am deeply concerned by this week’s violence in Bangladesh, resulting in reports of dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries. The attacks on student protesters are particularly shocking and unacceptable. There must be impartial, prompt…

Nepal, July 9, 2024: A new coalition of seventeen civil society organisations is urging South Asian countries to take immediate action on high levels of sexual violence and low conviction rates. South Asian Movement for Accessing…

This report synthesises findings on accountability and citizen–state relations in Bangladesh from the Covid-19 Learning, Evidence and Research Programme in Bangladesh (CLEAR). To do this, it refers to five projects from the programme that dealt with…

This Monthly News Brief bears testimony to the brave survivors who speak about sexual violence by state bodies or conflict actors. Most events of violence are never reported. This compilation is neither complete nor representative of…

GENEVA (30 May 2024) – UN independent experts said today they were deeply disturbed by reports of threats and intimidation towards human rights and water defenders, civil society organisations and academics that compelled the cancellation of…

Holistic strategic litigation as a tool INTRODUCTION Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is pervasive in all armed conflicts, regardless of their location or nature. It includes rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, enforced sterilization, “and any…

Sri Lanka: Accountability needed for enforced disappearances Sri Lanka must ensure accountability for decades of enforced disappearances – UN report GENEVA (17 May 2024) – Sri Lanka’s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates…

AGENDA POINTS Introduction and housekeeping Humanitarian Access Guide on sharing beneficiary list Update on flash flooding in North/Northeast Update from the field on Returnee Response Information and Communication Landscape in Afghanistan AOB and Closing

This report outlines the outcomes from a two-day expert roundtable, organised by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden, on 6-7 February 2023. The roundtable was held under the Chatham House…