Rapports

Statement by Refugees International’s Senior Advocate for Human Rights Daniel P. Sullivan on the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision to approve emergency measures in the genocide case against Myanmar: “The decision of the UN’s highest court…

An estimated one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar reside in a mega-camp outside Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Several hundred thousand internally displaced ethnic Rohingya remain in Myanmar. Durable solutions are not forthcoming. This paper reviews the situation…

INTRODUCTION TO AND PURPOSE OF THE CHECKLIST The pervasive nature and appalling consequences of sexual violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict is well established. Although women and girls are disproportionately affected, the extent…

Statement by Daniel Sullivan, senior advocate for human rights at Refugees International, as Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to defend Myanmar at the ICJ on Wednesday, December 11: “The genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court…

KABUL - Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, and the start of 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, the UN in Afghanistan calls on the Government and the…

For decades, ethnic women in Myanmar have documented acts of sexual violence committed against them in the hopes that, one day, perpetrators will be held accountable for their crimes. They had reasons for hope as recently…

In Cambodia from 1975–1979, women experienced widespread sexual violence, including systemic rape and forced marriage, under the violent regime of the Khmer Rouge.[1] A survivor of such sexual violence, Ms. N. Srey[2] testified before the Extraordinary Chambers…

Today, at the Myanmar Press Freedom Center in Yangon, the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) launched its latest report, ‘Beyond the Horizon: Local Perspectives on Peace, Justice and Accountability in Southeast Myanmar’. This report explores the…

The Ten-Year Trajectory of the Mandate on Sexual Violence in Conflict: Progress, Challenges & Change 30 October 2019, ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ 10:10 – 10:20 a.m. Thank you Pamela for your words of introduction and for moderating today’s event. Excellencies, ladies…

Estimates suggest that by 2030, about half of the world’s poor will live in contexts of fragility, conflict and violence, all of which exacerbate the difficulties faced by poor and marginalised people, particularly in influencing the…