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Sexual violence in conflict is an appalling aspect of war. It is an abuse of human rights and is happening across current crises—in Afghanistan, Iran, Myanmar, the Sahel region and Ukraine. Know more:

In his opening remarks, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said: “Conflict-related sexual violence is morally abhorrent, it is illegal, and yet it is still happening all around the world. We naturally and rightly feel revulsion at the idea of chemical or biological attacks in war. And with our conventions and treaties—and the power of world opinion—those weapons signal a huge escalation and demand an international response. Sexual violence in conflict is equally immoral.

In an article published by The Telegraph—Castration, gang-rape, forced nudity: How Russia’s soldiers are using sexual violence to terrorise Ukraine—Harriet Barber quoted a United Nations report: “Since Russia’s soldiers first stormed Ukraine, women have been gang-raped, men castrated, children sexually abused, and civilians forced to parade naked in the streets.”

“People are dragged out to the streets and paraded, men and women,” Dr. Elliott said. “There are circumstances where the man would be killed and the woman would face sexual violence afterwards. Sometimes the women are rounded up, and held in basements, where repeated sexual violence is inflicted upon them, for days of even weeks.”

 

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