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Africa

September 7, 2016 Dispatches

A Chance for UN Peacekeeping to Get It Right

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
South Sudan

August 22, 2016 Commentary

South Sudan's Suspected Rapists Must Be Brought to Justice

Priyanka Motaparthy
Researcher

Published In: Newsweek
Africa

August 15, 2016 News Release

South Sudan: Killings, Rapes, Looting in Juba

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July 11, 2016 Video

Forced Anal Exams Humiliate, Violate Victims
May 19, 2016 Video

US Military Sexual Assault Survivors Unfairly Discharged
May 17, 2016 Video

Hissène Habré: Scenes from an historic trial

News

July 28, 2016 News Release

Lebanon: Syrian Women at Risk of Sex Trafficking
July 27, 2016 News Release

Burundi: Gang Rapes by Ruling Party Youth
July 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: India’s Cow Hotline Underlines Misplaced Political Priorities

Aruna Kashyap
Senior Counsel, Women's Rights Division
June 21, 2016 Commentary

UN Panel Reports on ISIS Crimes on Yezidis

Skye Wheeler
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
June 19, 2016 Commentary

Central African Republic: Raped and Abandoned as War Rages

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: Newsweek Europe
June 8, 2016 Impact

Holding Abusive UN Peacekeepers to Account

Annerieke Smaak
Senior Associate, Women's Rights Division
June 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: US Navy to Protect Soldiers With Mental Health Conditions

Sara Darehshori
Senior Counsel, US Program
May 19, 2016 Witness

Witness: Raped in the US Military, Retaliated Against for Life

Amy Braunschweiger
Senior Web Communications Manager
May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Discounting Retaliation Against US Military Rape Victims

Meghan Rhoad
Researcher, Women’s Rights Division
April 28, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Glimmer of Hope for US Military Rape Victims

Sara Darehshori
Senior Counsel, US Program
April 28, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: How Archaic US Laws Punish Rape Victims

Meghan Rhoad
Researcher, Women’s Rights Division
April 25, 2016 Letter

Letter to the Board of Directors of the ICC Trust Fund for Victims

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July 16, 2016

Boxed In

Women and Saudi Arabia’s Male Guardianship System
May 19, 2016

Booted

Lack of Recourse for Wrongfully Discharged US Military Rape Survivors
March 23, 2016

“Do You See How Much I’m Suffering Here?”

Abuse against Transgender Women in US Immigration Detention

Bangladesh kneecappings; chemical attacks in Sudan; DR Congo sanctions: HRW Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 29, 2016

Plus: Relatives of peaceful activists being attacked in Tajikistan; killings & torture continue unabated in Burundi; free Eritrean journalist Seyoum Tsehaye; world stands by as hospitals are bombed; and how Canada can help keep schools safe during war time...