Latest items for GEW-DATA-1
June 5, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
For the required timeframe, 2020 to present, there is little to no evidence that crimes against women and girls, such as rape, occurred during war in Belgium. Belgium has had little to no potential for this variable because it has not been at war or a war zone in the last decade or so. No evidence was found of war-related rape, sexual exploitation of women by Belgium’s military serving as peacekeepers in another country, or exploitation of women and girls by rebel movements or rebel armies against the Belgian government. Therefore, GEW-DATA-1 is best coded as little to no documented war-related rape or conflict-related crimes against women and girls for...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
For the required timeframe, 2020 to present, there is little to no evidence that crimes against women and girls, such as rape, occurred during war in Belgium. Belgium has had little to no potential for this variable because it has not been at war or a war zone in the last decade or so. No evidence was found of war-related rape, sexual exploitation of women by Belgium’s military serving as peacekeepers in another country, or exploitation of women and girls by rebel movements or rebel armies against the Belgian government. Therefore, GEW-DATA-1 is best coded as little to no documented war-related rape or conflict-related crimes against women and girls for...more
June 4, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Belarus
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"There were, however, reports of abductions by security forces of opposition leaders. For example, on September 7, masked members of the security forces approached opposition leader Maryya Kalesnikava on the street in Minsk and forced her into a van. According to Kalesnikava’s lawyer, the men first took her to the Ministry of Internal Affair’s Main Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime and Corruption, where she was held for several hours without registering her detention. She was then brought to the central office of the Committee for State Security (BKGB), where she was told to depart the country voluntarily. After Kalesnikava refused, she was taken to the Ukrainian border on September 8,...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"There were, however, reports of abductions by security forces of opposition leaders. For example, on September 7, masked members of the security forces approached opposition leader Maryya Kalesnikava on the street in Minsk and forced her into a van. According to Kalesnikava’s lawyer, the men first took her to the Ministry of Internal Affair’s Main Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime and Corruption, where she was held for several hours without registering her detention. She was then brought to the central office of the Committee for State Security (BKGB), where she was told to depart the country voluntarily. After Kalesnikava refused, she was taken to the Ukrainian border on September 8,...more
June 4, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Belarus
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"There has also been evidence of sex- and gender-based violence committed by Belarusian security forces against individuals of all gender identities. The violence includes rape and other forms of violence like sexualized torture and forced nudity, and it has largely occurred in police vehicles, police stations, and detention facilities. Verbal acts include threats of rape and gang rape to degrade and intimidate detainees; LGBTQ+-identifying individuals have faced more severe verbal violence of this type. Since 2021, there have been 121 documented incidents of unnecessary strip and cavity searches in detention facilities. Such searches were not carried out for security purposes, but rather with the intent to intimidate and humiliate detainees,...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"There has also been evidence of sex- and gender-based violence committed by Belarusian security forces against individuals of all gender identities. The violence includes rape and other forms of violence like sexualized torture and forced nudity, and it has largely occurred in police vehicles, police stations, and detention facilities. Verbal acts include threats of rape and gang rape to degrade and intimidate detainees; LGBTQ+-identifying individuals have faced more severe verbal violence of this type. Since 2021, there have been 121 documented incidents of unnecessary strip and cavity searches in detention facilities. Such searches were not carried out for security purposes, but rather with the intent to intimidate and humiliate detainees,...more
May 30, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
Countries: Congo
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"...Rape has been used as a weapon of war through decades of strife between the DRC’s military, ethnic Hutu militias and Tutsi insurgents. That discord is rooted in the 1994 mass slaughter of Tutsis by Hutus in neighboring Rwanda, a genocide that destabilized both nations and has kept them locked in conflict" (para 5). "Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, 70, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his work on combating sexual violence in DRC. He has treated tens of thousands of rape victims and survived two wars, including the First Congo War of the late 1990s, when he said armed men massacred colleagues and patients at a hospital...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"...Rape has been used as a weapon of war through decades of strife between the DRC’s military, ethnic Hutu militias and Tutsi insurgents. That discord is rooted in the 1994 mass slaughter of Tutsis by Hutus in neighboring Rwanda, a genocide that destabilized both nations and has kept them locked in conflict" (para 5). "Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, 70, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his work on combating sexual violence in DRC. He has treated tens of thousands of rape victims and survived two wars, including the First Congo War of the late 1990s, when he said armed men massacred colleagues and patients at a hospital...more
May 27, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
Countries: Barbados
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
For the given timeframe, 2020 to present, there has not been any documented data showing commonality of rape, kidnapping, trafficking, forced labor, or other crimes against women and girls during war or armed conflict in Barbados. Barbados does not appear to have experienced armed conflict during this period, and the reports of police brutality published in Janurary of 2025 reflect domestic policing concerns rather than patterned and common wartime sexual violence. (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
For the given timeframe, 2020 to present, there has not been any documented data showing commonality of rape, kidnapping, trafficking, forced labor, or other crimes against women and girls during war or armed conflict in Barbados. Barbados does not appear to have experienced armed conflict during this period, and the reports of police brutality published in Janurary of 2025 reflect domestic policing concerns rather than patterned and common wartime sexual violence. (MR-CODER COMMENT).
May 26, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"More than hundred Bangladeshi peacekeepers of the United Nations mission in Liberia were sent back home on March 1 after they were embroiled in a sex scandal....The source said the five paid for having sex with local women and took pictures of sexual acts. They later went to a local photo studio to print the pictures for $25 (Liberian)" (para 1,4). This information shows the commonality of sexual exploitation of women ang girls in the countries to which Bangladeshi peecekeepers are sent (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"More than hundred Bangladeshi peacekeepers of the United Nations mission in Liberia were sent back home on March 1 after they were embroiled in a sex scandal....The source said the five paid for having sex with local women and took pictures of sexual acts. They later went to a local photo studio to print the pictures for $25 (Liberian)" (para 1,4). This information shows the commonality of sexual exploitation of women ang girls in the countries to which Bangladeshi peecekeepers are sent (MR-CODER COMMENT).
May 20, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
From 2020 to present, crimes against women and girls such as rape during war appear to have little to no potential in Bahrain, as the country has not been engaged in active armed conflict. No war-related rape has been documented under the current or any previous government administration. While Iranian-backed militant groups such as Al-Ashtar Brigades operate within the country, no instances of sexual exploitation by these groups or by Bahraini peacekeeping forces abroad were identified (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
From 2020 to present, crimes against women and girls such as rape during war appear to have little to no potential in Bahrain, as the country has not been engaged in active armed conflict. No war-related rape has been documented under the current or any previous government administration. While Iranian-backed militant groups such as Al-Ashtar Brigades operate within the country, no instances of sexual exploitation by these groups or by Bahraini peacekeeping forces abroad were identified (MR-CODER COMMENT).
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Amnesty has reported that girls as young as 12 have been raped in an effort to inflict lasting physical and psychological damage" (para 16). "The use of sexual violence intensified during the 2022 anti-government protests, which erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. Amnesty documented testimonies from at least 45 survivors, including men, women and children, who reported rape, gang rape and other forms of sexual violence. The organisation stated that ‘Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protestors as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Amnesty has reported that girls as young as 12 have been raped in an effort to inflict lasting physical and psychological damage" (para 16). "The use of sexual violence intensified during the 2022 anti-government protests, which erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. Amnesty documented testimonies from at least 45 survivors, including men, women and children, who reported rape, gang rape and other forms of sexual violence. The organisation stated that ‘Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protestors as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide...more
April 21, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad in late 2024, panicked families and activists trying to help have regularly sounded the alarm on social media that women and girls from Syria’s Alawite minority have mysteriously disappeared or been kidnapped. Many fear that their sect is being targeted as retribution for the brutality of Mr. al-Assad, who also belongs to the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam" (para 5). "The Times verified the kidnappings of 13 Alawite women and girls, in addition to one man and one boy. Five said they had been raped. Two came home pregnant" (para 8). "The family of one [Alawite] woman [in Syria] said it...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad in late 2024, panicked families and activists trying to help have regularly sounded the alarm on social media that women and girls from Syria’s Alawite minority have mysteriously disappeared or been kidnapped. Many fear that their sect is being targeted as retribution for the brutality of Mr. al-Assad, who also belongs to the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam" (para 5). "The Times verified the kidnappings of 13 Alawite women and girls, in addition to one man and one boy. Five said they had been raped. Two came home pregnant" (para 8). "The family of one [Alawite] woman [in Syria] said it...more
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
“UNICEF cited ‘data compiled by gender-based violence service providers in Sudan’ that showed 221 rape cases against children have been documented since the beginning of 2024. Of those, 147 were girls, meaning 33 percent of rape victims were boys. Sixteen of the survivors were under five years of age and four of them were only one year old. ‘These figures represent only a small fraction of total cases. Survivors and their families are often unwilling or unable to come forward due to challenges accessing services and frontline workers, fear of the stigma they could face, the fear of rejection from their family or community, the fear of retribution from armed...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
“UNICEF cited ‘data compiled by gender-based violence service providers in Sudan’ that showed 221 rape cases against children have been documented since the beginning of 2024. Of those, 147 were girls, meaning 33 percent of rape victims were boys. Sixteen of the survivors were under five years of age and four of them were only one year old. ‘These figures represent only a small fraction of total cases. Survivors and their families are often unwilling or unable to come forward due to challenges accessing services and frontline workers, fear of the stigma they could face, the fear of rejection from their family or community, the fear of retribution from armed...more
March 24, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Sexual messages were posted frequently (1,199 posts) and of these, sexually explicit images (204) and sexual videos (187) were common. Almost all of the images and videos (98%) targeted women, often using sexually explicit language in accompanying posts that criticized their pro-democracy views. Chomden’s video was circulating in one of the channels analyzed – almost six months after it was first posted elsewhere" (para 21). This information shows quantitative data on gender-based exploitation of certain women in Myanmar who hold democratic political views, including the scale and frequency of sexually explicit content used to target women. The data indicates a widespread and systematic pattern of abuse directed at certain women...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Sexual messages were posted frequently (1,199 posts) and of these, sexually explicit images (204) and sexual videos (187) were common. Almost all of the images and videos (98%) targeted women, often using sexually explicit language in accompanying posts that criticized their pro-democracy views. Chomden’s video was circulating in one of the channels analyzed – almost six months after it was first posted elsewhere" (para 21). This information shows quantitative data on gender-based exploitation of certain women in Myanmar who hold democratic political views, including the scale and frequency of sexually explicit content used to target women. The data indicates a widespread and systematic pattern of abuse directed at certain women...more
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
March 1, 2026, 8:51 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Hundreds of Ukrainian women and girls have reported sexual violence by Russian troops during the nearly four years of full-scale war in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities and aid groups. The actual number of victims, advocates say, is most likely far higher" (para 1). "The New York Times spoke with more than a dozen women who said they had been sexually abused by Russian troops" (para 3).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Hundreds of Ukrainian women and girls have reported sexual violence by Russian troops during the nearly four years of full-scale war in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities and aid groups. The actual number of victims, advocates say, is most likely far higher" (para 1). "The New York Times spoke with more than a dozen women who said they had been sexually abused by Russian troops" (para 3).
Feb. 22, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"More than half of the patients being treated at the Pran Men'm clinic, which opened a decade ago in Port-au-Prince, were attacked by multiple members of armed groups, the charity, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF, said in a new report. 'Over 100 individuals were attacked by 10 or more perpetrators at a time,' it said, noting an average of three perpetrators per case. The clinic has treated nearly 17,000 patients in the past decade, including 2,300 alone in the first nine months of last year. More than 350 of those patients are boys and men, MSF said" (para 4-6).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"More than half of the patients being treated at the Pran Men'm clinic, which opened a decade ago in Port-au-Prince, were attacked by multiple members of armed groups, the charity, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF, said in a new report. 'Over 100 individuals were attacked by 10 or more perpetrators at a time,' it said, noting an average of three perpetrators per case. The clinic has treated nearly 17,000 patients in the past decade, including 2,300 alone in the first nine months of last year. More than 350 of those patients are boys and men, MSF said" (para 4-6).
Feb. 10, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
There is no evidence that sexual violence or trafficking were used as weapons of war between the years 2020-2025 in Argentina. During that period, Argentina was not involved in an armed conflict. Rebel groups/armed insurgencies did not exist in Argentina during that period. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
There is no evidence that sexual violence or trafficking were used as weapons of war between the years 2020-2025 in Argentina. During that period, Argentina was not involved in an armed conflict. Rebel groups/armed insurgencies did not exist in Argentina during that period. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 10, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
There is no evidence that sexual violence or trafficking were used as weapons of war between the years 2020-2025 in Angola. During that period, Angola was not involved in an armed conflict. The insurgent group Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) may have had a small presence in the country between 2020 and 2025, though reporting on their activities is scarce and no reports have been made regarding their use of sexual violence as a weapon of war during that time. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
There is no evidence that sexual violence or trafficking were used as weapons of war between the years 2020-2025 in Angola. During that period, Angola was not involved in an armed conflict. The insurgent group Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) may have had a small presence in the country between 2020 and 2025, though reporting on their activities is scarce and no reports have been made regarding their use of sexual violence as a weapon of war during that time. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 10, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
There is no evidence that sexual violence or trafficking were used as weapons of war between the years 2020-2025 in Algeria,. During that period, Algeria was not involved in an armed conflict. The insurgent group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) may have had a small presence in the country between 2020 and 2025, though reporting on their activities is scarce and no reports have been made regarding their use of sexual violence as a weapon of war during that time (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
There is no evidence that sexual violence or trafficking were used as weapons of war between the years 2020-2025 in Algeria,. During that period, Algeria was not involved in an armed conflict. The insurgent group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) may have had a small presence in the country between 2020 and 2025, though reporting on their activities is scarce and no reports have been made regarding their use of sexual violence as a weapon of war during that time (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 10, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
Countries: Albania
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
There is no evidence that the Albanian government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Albania was not involved in an armed conflict. Rebel groups/armed insurgencies did not exist in Albania during that period. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
There is no evidence that the Albanian government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Albania was not involved in an armed conflict. Rebel groups/armed insurgencies did not exist in Albania during that period. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 7, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"For two years, Tseneat [Ethiopian woman] carried her rape inside her. The agony never faded. It attacked her from the inside out. The remnants of the attack stayed in Tseneat’s womb – not as a memory or metaphor, but a set of physical objects: Eight rusted screws. A steel pair of nail clippers. A note, written in ballpoint pen and wrapped in plastic. 'Sons of Eritrea, we are brave,' the note reads. 'We have committed ourselves to this, and we will continue doing it. We will make Tigrayan females infertile.' The objects, revealed by X-ray and surgically extracted by doctors more than two years later, were forced inside Tseneat as...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"For two years, Tseneat [Ethiopian woman] carried her rape inside her. The agony never faded. It attacked her from the inside out. The remnants of the attack stayed in Tseneat’s womb – not as a memory or metaphor, but a set of physical objects: Eight rusted screws. A steel pair of nail clippers. A note, written in ballpoint pen and wrapped in plastic. 'Sons of Eritrea, we are brave,' the note reads. 'We have committed ourselves to this, and we will continue doing it. We will make Tigrayan females infertile.' The objects, revealed by X-ray and surgically extracted by doctors more than two years later, were forced inside Tseneat as...more
Jan. 26, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"In 2023, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) verified incidents of sexual violence perpetrated against six women, including rape and attempted rape, all implicating Taliban de facto officials. As part of the monitoring of grave violations against children, the United Nations verified rape and other forms of sexual violence perpetrated against six girls and six boys by de facto authorities and unidentified perpetrators" (9).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"In 2023, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) verified incidents of sexual violence perpetrated against six women, including rape and attempted rape, all implicating Taliban de facto officials. As part of the monitoring of grave violations against children, the United Nations verified rape and other forms of sexual violence perpetrated against six girls and six boys by de facto authorities and unidentified perpetrators" (9).
Jan. 26, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
Specific data on the prevalence of conflict-related sexual violence and kidnapping in Afghanistan is scarce. Rape is seen by the Taliban as a useful tactic to systematically oppress women, and is frequently used against female detainees. Kidnapping is also commonplace, especially the abduction of those women who are violating the strict regulations that exist regarding dress and religious adherence. Rebel groups, primarily Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) have undertaken attacks against facilities including maternity wards and hospitals. Overall, under the Taliban regime women are systematically oppressed, assaulted, and disappeared, both to punish moral crimes and to reinforce the ruling party's iron grip (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
Specific data on the prevalence of conflict-related sexual violence and kidnapping in Afghanistan is scarce. Rape is seen by the Taliban as a useful tactic to systematically oppress women, and is frequently used against female detainees. Kidnapping is also commonplace, especially the abduction of those women who are violating the strict regulations that exist regarding dress and religious adherence. Rebel groups, primarily Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) have undertaken attacks against facilities including maternity wards and hospitals. Overall, under the Taliban regime women are systematically oppressed, assaulted, and disappeared, both to punish moral crimes and to reinforce the ruling party's iron grip (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 26, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"In August the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan reported cases of women detainees being sexually abused and assaulted by the Taliban. Similarly, Afghan Witness and the media reported that the Taliban initiated a campaign in January to arrest women and girls for non-compliance with mandatory hijab rules. This resulted in the arrest and detention of dozens of women and girls during the year, 'with many reporting degrading treatments, torture, and even rape'" (3).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"In August the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan reported cases of women detainees being sexually abused and assaulted by the Taliban. Similarly, Afghan Witness and the media reported that the Taliban initiated a campaign in January to arrest women and girls for non-compliance with mandatory hijab rules. This resulted in the arrest and detention of dozens of women and girls during the year, 'with many reporting degrading treatments, torture, and even rape'" (3).
Oct. 27, 2025, 9:11 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"In total, Amnesty interviewed 14 survivors of sexual violence – eight were raped by M23, five by Wazalendo, and one by soldiers from the Congolese army (FARDC)" (para 23). Wazalendo and M23 are both rebel groups active in the Congo during the current conflict (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"In total, Amnesty interviewed 14 survivors of sexual violence – eight were raped by M23, five by Wazalendo, and one by soldiers from the Congolese army (FARDC)" (para 23). Wazalendo and M23 are both rebel groups active in the Congo during the current conflict (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:43 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"[There have been] more than 150 girls and women aged from 11 to 50 who have escaped what they describe as “sexual slavery” by armed groups in Catatumbo in the past year" (para. 4)."In a May report on the conflict, the ombudsman’s office said that 62 women had filed complaints regarding trafficking and sexual exploitation by armed groups in the region and called for greater state action" (para. 19).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"[There have been] more than 150 girls and women aged from 11 to 50 who have escaped what they describe as “sexual slavery” by armed groups in Catatumbo in the past year" (para. 4)."In a May report on the conflict, the ombudsman’s office said that 62 women had filed complaints regarding trafficking and sexual exploitation by armed groups in the region and called for greater state action" (para. 19).
July 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Because of the VRS’s genocide policy, an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 women were raped by VRS soldiers, with many reporting being raped multiple times a day. Rapes occurred in colloquially-named 'rape camps' and other detention centers around the country, but they also occasionally occurred inside the victim’s own home" (Para 8).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Because of the VRS’s genocide policy, an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 women were raped by VRS soldiers, with many reporting being raped multiple times a day. Rapes occurred in colloquially-named 'rape camps' and other detention centers around the country, but they also occasionally occurred inside the victim’s own home" (Para 8).
April 29, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"New research into alleged war crimes in Myanmar has concluded that the majority of senior commanders in the Myanmar military, many of whom hold powerful political positions in the country, were responsible for crimes including rape, torture, killings and forced disappearances carried out by units under their command between 2011 and 2023. The research, by the Security Force Monitor (SFM), a project run by Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, states that 64% – 51 of 79 – of all Myanmar’s senior military commanders are responsible for war crimes" (par. 1-2).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"New research into alleged war crimes in Myanmar has concluded that the majority of senior commanders in the Myanmar military, many of whom hold powerful political positions in the country, were responsible for crimes including rape, torture, killings and forced disappearances carried out by units under their command between 2011 and 2023. The research, by the Security Force Monitor (SFM), a project run by Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, states that 64% – 51 of 79 – of all Myanmar’s senior military commanders are responsible for war crimes" (par. 1-2).
April 10, 2025, 10:05 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Since violence erupted in the north-eastern state in early May, between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki tribes, activists and academics believe rape and sexual violence has been systematically used as a weapon in 'revenge attacks' against women from the Kuki community by Meitei mobs" (para 3). "The use of rape as a weapon has been systemic, academics claim. On 4 May, the same day that the women in the video were attacked, two Kuki women, aged 20 and 24, were working in a carwash in a village 20 miles away when a braying, angry Meitei mob, armed with knives and sticks, came hunting for them. Eyewitnesses and relatives told...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Since violence erupted in the north-eastern state in early May, between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki tribes, activists and academics believe rape and sexual violence has been systematically used as a weapon in 'revenge attacks' against women from the Kuki community by Meitei mobs" (para 3). "The use of rape as a weapon has been systemic, academics claim. On 4 May, the same day that the women in the video were attacked, two Kuki women, aged 20 and 24, were working in a carwash in a village 20 miles away when a braying, angry Meitei mob, armed with knives and sticks, came hunting for them. Eyewitnesses and relatives told...more
April 3, 2025, 9:02 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"While the entity Republika Srpska had traditionally for years rejected compensation claims against the entity by applying statute of limitations to compensation claims filed by victims of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and other forms of torture in civil proceedings, the Supreme Court of Federation of BiH had found in 2011 that no statutes of limitations can be applied to those claims, given that the harm results from the commission of war crimes. After the adoption of decisions of the BiH Constitutional Court in 2014, finding that those claims shall be considered time-barred, however, the Federation court was also forced to change their viewpoint by rejecting all compensation claims filed by...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"While the entity Republika Srpska had traditionally for years rejected compensation claims against the entity by applying statute of limitations to compensation claims filed by victims of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and other forms of torture in civil proceedings, the Supreme Court of Federation of BiH had found in 2011 that no statutes of limitations can be applied to those claims, given that the harm results from the commission of war crimes. After the adoption of decisions of the BiH Constitutional Court in 2014, finding that those claims shall be considered time-barred, however, the Federation court was also forced to change their viewpoint by rejecting all compensation claims filed by...more
April 1, 2025, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Nataliya can never forget what happened that night: how the Russian soldiers invaded her home, pinned her to the bed and took it in turns to rape her at gunpoint in front of her terrified six-year-old daughter. She remembers screaming at them afterwards, fighting them to leave her sobbing daughter alone, clawing at their faces before they beat her with a gun and she fell to the ground. Nataliya, not her real name, couldn't stop them as they stumbled towards her frightened little girl and subjected her to the same horrific abuse. In another house thirty minutes down the road, Maria remembers the sound of the Russian soldiers breaking down...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Nataliya can never forget what happened that night: how the Russian soldiers invaded her home, pinned her to the bed and took it in turns to rape her at gunpoint in front of her terrified six-year-old daughter. She remembers screaming at them afterwards, fighting them to leave her sobbing daughter alone, clawing at their faces before they beat her with a gun and she fell to the ground. Nataliya, not her real name, couldn't stop them as they stumbled towards her frightened little girl and subjected her to the same horrific abuse. In another house thirty minutes down the road, Maria remembers the sound of the Russian soldiers breaking down...more
April 1, 2025, 8:12 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
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"Nataliya can never forget what happened that night: how the Russian soldiers invaded her home, pinned her to the bed and took it in turns to rape her at gunpoint in front of her terrified six-year-old daughter. She remembers screaming at them afterwards, fighting them to leave her sobbing daughter alone, clawing at their faces before they beat her with a gun and she fell to the ground. Nataliya, not her real name, couldn't stop them as they stumbled towards her frightened little girl and subjected her to the same horrific abuse. In another house thirty minutes down the road, Maria remembers the sound of the Russian soldiers breaking down...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Nataliya can never forget what happened that night: how the Russian soldiers invaded her home, pinned her to the bed and took it in turns to rape her at gunpoint in front of her terrified six-year-old daughter. She remembers screaming at them afterwards, fighting them to leave her sobbing daughter alone, clawing at their faces before they beat her with a gun and she fell to the ground. Nataliya, not her real name, couldn't stop them as they stumbled towards her frightened little girl and subjected her to the same horrific abuse. In another house thirty minutes down the road, Maria remembers the sound of the Russian soldiers breaking down...more