This press release highlights GHRD’s New York event on the conflict in Sudan, focusing on sexual violence, civilian targeting, displacement, and evidence collection. Speakers stressed that the international community has both the evidence and legal tools needed to pursue accountability, support survivors, and address the external actors enabling the conflict.
Across Africa’s conflict zones, sexual violence is not merely a by-product of war but a deliberate strategy used to terrorise, control, and destroy communities. From Sudan to the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, women and girls are systematically targeted, while international law has struggled to translate recognition of these crimes into meaningful accountability. This article examines how sexual violence has been weaponised in conflict, the evolution of its recognition in international law, and the persistent barriers that continue to deny survivors justice.
