Rapports

Why don't disaster survivors who have been sexually exploited or abused by aid workers complain? Because keeping quiet is normal. HAP International releases report into Sexual Exploitation and Abuse entitled, 'To complain or not to complain: still the question.' No one really…

On 19 June, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1820, which aims at ending sexual violence in situations of conflict. This Resolution has important implications for Nepal, where the full extent and impact of sexual violence during the decade-long conflict…

KABUL, 16 June 2008 (IRIN) - Ten-year-old Sweeta still remembers the most painful moments of her life when a bulky 35-year-old man raped her in his office in the town of Sheberghan, Jowzjan Province, in northern Afghanistan. At around 10am…

Despite challenges faced after Nargis, HAP members are using different approaches to improve the quality and accountability of their response programmes. On the 2nd and 3rd May 2008 Cyclone Nargis struck the coast of Myanmar with winds of 190 km…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The question posed to President Hamid Karzai at a Spiegel interview in June 2008 reflects most of what is documented in this report. Although democratic institutions are currently well under construction and sound governance is a priority for…

The US and other NATO states are supplying arms to Afghanistan that could be used for serious human rights violations, warns Amnesty International. At this week's NATO Summit in Bucharest (2-4 April), the organization is expressing its concern about excessive quantities…

WOM/1670 Commission on the Status of Women Fifty-second Session 10th Meeting (AM Note Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) Long Way from Being Implemented; Efforts to Strengthen Women's Role in Sudan, Sierra Leone, Burundi Highlighted Women must be allowed to participate fully in peacebuilding and…

In 2007, three years after the massive tsunami destroyed communities around the Indian Ocean, the Oxfam Canada program in Sri Lanka, funded Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), has taken on a new focus. As part of Oxfam International's efforts in Indonesia,…

26 November 2007, Kathmandu Honored members of the panel, participants, and colleagues. Welcome. I am very proud to address you today at this event, organized by my office to shed light on a problem that we have often documented since our…

Today, OHCHR-Nepal hosted a panel discussion on challenges and recommendations on ending impunity for acts of sexual violence committed against women. The panel took place in the framework of the yearly campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence…