IX. Acknowledgments

This report was researched and written by Gerry Simpson, refugee researcher and advocate at Human Rights Watch. Testimony on police rape and the chapter on sexual violence between refugees and police investigation failures was researched and written by Meghan Rhoad and Agnes Odhiambo from Human Rights Watch’s Women’s Rights Division. The report was edited by Bill Frelick, director of the Refugee Program, Leslie Lefkow, senior researcher and Horn of Africa Team Leader, and Janet Walsh, deputy director of the Women’s Rights Division. It was reviewed by Clive Baldwin, senior legal advisor, and Iain Levin, Program director. Additional editorial assistance was provided by Valerie Kirkpatrick. Grace Choi, Anna Lopriore, and Fitzroy Hepkins provided production and photo assistance. John Emerson designed two of the three maps in this report.

Human Rights Watch is grateful to all the Somali refugees who agreed to be interviewed for this report.

We would also like to thank all UNHCR staff in Dadaab, Nairobi, and Geneva interviewed for this report and national and international NGO personnel in Dadaab and Nairobi who all gave generously of their time. We would like to thank the Minister of State for Public Administration and Internal Security for responding to our initial findings letter and answering related questions. Finally, we would like to thank all Kenyan officials who agreed to be interviewed for this report and who gave Human Rights Watch permission to visit the Dadaab camps.