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Human Rights Watch Work on Sexual Violence Lost promise for rape victims A backlog in the testing of rape kits in Los Angeles means that many crime victims still wait for answers. By Sarah Tofte, US Program researcher Published in The Los Angeles Times At the Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, where women (and men and children) get emergency medical care and counseling immediately after they have been raped, Human Rights Watch was researching how the center's nurse practitioners collect evidence for a "rape kit." The process – which can last more than four hours – is careful and meticulous. But the truth is, the police may never open the rape kit, much less send it in for testing. June 30, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Rape in War: Will the United Nations Walk Its Talk? By Marianne Mollmann June 25, 2008 Published in Reproductive Health Reality Check On June 19, 2008, the United Nations Security Council made history by declaring that rape in war is such a bad idea they plan to do something about it. June 25, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version “From Nuremberg to Darfur: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity” Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law Human Rights Watch appreciates the invitation to submit a statement for the record on this important subject. Justice for serious crimes under international law – which include genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture – is crucial. Accountability brings redress to the victims and signals that heinous abuses will not be tolerated. June 24, 2008 Testimony Printer friendly version UN: Finally, a Step Toward Confronting Rape in War Security Council Takes Action to Identify and Help End Sexual Violence The UN Security Council’s new resolution on sexual violence is a historic achievement for a body that has all too often ignored the plight of women and girls in conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch applauds the council for setting out in the resolution a clear path to systematic information-gathering on sexual violence. Until now, the Security Council has asked for information on such violence only in selected cases. June 19, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version UN: Council Should Help End Fresh Abuses by Uganda’s LRA Boys, Girls Among Hundreds Abducted Across Three Countries (New York, June 19, 2008) – The UN Security Council should adopt a resolution or presidential statement supporting efforts to rein in the capacity of the Lord’s Resistance Army to attack civilians and to ensure justice for the most serious crimes committed during the northern Uganda conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today to council members. The Security Council will be briefed on June 20 by the former president of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, who is the UN secretary-general’s special envoy to areas affected by the insurgent Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). June 19, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Questions and Answers International Criminal Court’s Trial of Thomas Lubanga “Stayed” Common questions on the "staying" of the ICC trial of Thomas Lubanga answered. June 19, 2008 Questions and Answers Also available in 
Printer friendly version Letter to Security Council Members in Advance of the June 20 Briefing by the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on the LRA-Affected Areas We write in advance of the briefing to the Security Council on June 20 by the Secretary-General’s special envoy for the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)-affected areas, the former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano. June 19, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version Ethiopia: Army Commits Executions, Torture, and Rape in Ogaden Donors Should Act to Stop Crimes Against Humanity In its battle against rebels in eastern Ethiopia's Somali Region, Ethiopia's army has subjected civilians to executions, torture, and rape, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The widespread violence, part of a vicious counterinsurgency campaign that amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, has contributed to a looming humanitarian crisis, threatening the survival of thousands of ethnic Somali nomads. June 12, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version UN: Empower Peacekeepers to Stop Rape Security Council Should Listen to Women Hurt by War The United Nations Security Council should effectively address sexual violence in conflict as a weapon of war and its destabilizing impact on communities, Human Rights Watch and the International Women’s Tribune Center said today. June 10, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version ICC: Congo’s Former Vice-President Arrested International Court Should Pursue Other Top Officials in the CAR and Congo Following the arrest of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo on May 24, the International Criminal Court should pursue other top officials in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo for atrocities committed against civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. May 30, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Sierra Leone: War Crimes Ruling Bolsters Victim Protection Reason for Fighting Cannot Reduce Penalties The decision by Sierra Leone’s war crimes court to reject sentence reductions for two convicted militia members because they fought for a “legitimate cause” is crucial in ensuring justice for all victims of human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. May 28, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version UN: Take Action Against Rape in War Security Council Can Correct Historic Inaction on Sexual Violence The United Nations Security Council has a unique opportunity to correct its historic failure to address sexual violence against women and girls in conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. May 26, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Darfur: No Redress for Rape Five Years On, Sexual Violence Still Rife in Darfur Five years into the Darfur conflict, women and girls need protection from rape and brutal attacks still being committed by government forces and armed groups throughout Darfur, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Neither government security forces nor international peacekeepers have provided sufficient protection for women and girls, who remain extremely vulnerable to rape and other abuses during large-scale attacks and even in periods of relative calm, Human Rights Watch said. Survivors of sexual violence face numerous obstacles to justice, leaving them without meaningful redress. Where the perpetrators are soldiers or militia, the chances of prosecution are still more remote. April 7, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Five Years On No Justice for Sexual Violence in Darfur
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-302-1 April 7, 2008 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 540 KB, 48 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Kenya: Army and Rebel Militia Commit War Crimes in Mt. Elgon End Murder, Torture, and Rape of Civilians The rebel Sabaot Land Defence Force and the Kenyan military are responsible for horrific abuses, including killings, torture and rape of civilians, in a little-known armed conflict in the Mt. Elgon area of western Kenya, Human Rights Watch said today in a joint statement with two Kenyan human rights organizations, Mwatikho and Western Kenya-Human Rights Watch (WKHRW). (Human Rights Watch and Western Kenya-Human Rights Watch are entirely separate organizations). April 3, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Kenya: Justice Vital to Stability Prosecutions Key to Ending Violence, Police Abuses The new coalition government should bring to justice individuals responsible for recent and past episodes of political violence, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The new coalition government can help stabilize the country by bringing to justice the organizers of violence on all sides. March 17, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Do or Die: Learn to Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace By Marianne Mollmann, Advocacy Director, Women's Rights Division Published in The Huffington Post I am a failure. Not because of an early divorce, or a failure to learn Chinese. Not even because, after 15 years abroad, I sometimes sound like a foreigner when speaking my native Danish language. All of those things, while potentially uncomfortable or painful, are the consequences of choices I have made. I am a failure because I have not been able to create equality in my own relationship -- despite being defined by my business card as a "women's rights advocate." February 22, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Kenya: Justice Key to Securing Lasting Peace Positive Steps in Agreement on Election Review, Constitutional Reform The political agreement in Kenya mediated by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is a step forward, but Kenyan politicians must take immediate steps to ensure accountability for human rights violations if further negotiations are to build lasting stability, Human Rights Watch said today. February 17, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version 60 Minutes - War Against Women
January 13, 2008 Media DR Congo: Warring Sides Must Protect Civilians UN Peacekeepers Must Also Help Civilians at Risk in North Kivu All sides to the renewed fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo must protect civilians at risk, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called on United Nations peacekeepers in the area to strengthen their civilian protection efforts. December 11, 2007 Press Release Also available in
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