Climate of Fear:
Sexual Violence and abduction of Women and girls in Baghdad

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Summary
Methodology
Recommendations


2. Sexual Violence and Abduction of Women and Girls
   
   
3. Impact of Fear
Access to Medical Treatment
Access to Education


4. Barriers to Prosecution in Cases of Sexual Violence and Abduction
   Police Failure to Investigate
   Policing Vacuum
   Barriers to Obtaining Forensic Medical Examinations
   Legal Barriers to Justice
   
   
5. International Legal Standards
International Human Rights Law
International Humanitarian Law


Acknowledgements

July 2003       Vol. 15, No. 7 (E)