20 December 2023 The African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to magnify the voices of Sudanese women by documenting incidents and stories and testimonies of victims and survivors of sexual violence during the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan with emphasis on rape and sexual slavery. The …
Read More »Fourteen female IDPs including children sexually violated in South Darfur
(12 December 2023) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to document human rights violations committed by the warring parties in Sudan. Sexual violence within the context of the Sudan conflict has alarmingly escalated and demands urgent international attention. The conflict has tragically transformed into a …
Read More »Sudan: A call for justice and accountability for 69 victims of rape and abductions in South Darfur
(26 November 2023) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls for urgent steps to be taken by Sudanese authorities to investigate and hold to account the perpetrators of the rape including the gang rape of 43 women and abduction of 26 others including 10 previously reported by ACJPS in …
Read More »Central Darfur: 51 women and girls sexually abused in Garsilla and Zalingi towns
(21 November 2023) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) continues to document human rights violations committed by both the warring parties in Sudan including sexual violence during the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan. ACJPS strongly condemns the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war and therefore calls …
Read More »SGBV, A WAR WEAPON IN THE ONGOING SUDAN CONFLICT: UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING SEXUAL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AS A TACTIC OF WAR
(10 July 2023) Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including conflict-related sexual violence against civilians, particularly women and girls has persisted during the recent war in Sudan. These crimes, occurring in private and public spaces, have been an integral part of the current war, yet they remain underreported due to the …
Read More »South Sudan Human Rights Monitor (July-August 2020)
This report is based on research conducted onsite in South Sudan by internationally trained local monitors working for a national human rights organization. The monitors and the organization must remain anonymous given present security concerns. The information reported meets the threshold for initiating an investigation before a judicial mechanism, as …
Read More »Sudan’s new law on rape and sexual harassment: One step forward, two steps back?
(8 March 2016) In February 2015, Sudan passed a number of amendments to the 1991 Criminal Act, including long-awaited amendments concerning rape and sexual violence. An amendment to Article 149 (rape) changed the legal definition of rape, and a new article 151 (3) was introduced, providing a new offence of …
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