Sexual violence
Why I went to Geneva: The human rights system at a crossroads - opinion
When victims cannot testify, we must carry their stories.
Breaking the individual to break the collective - opinion
Civil Commission Chair presents Oct. 7 sexual violence report to UN, calls for recognition
Syria’s missing women: What really happened to Batoul Alloush? - exclusive
In denying Hamas's sexual atrocities, UN's Reem Alsalem is complicit with terror - opinion
When a UN mandate-holder denies crimes so thoroughly documented, it is not a failure. It is complicity with terror.
Knesset hears harrowing new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse; survivors demand action
The testimonies describe patterns of abuse that survivors say were organized, repeated, ideologically framed, and allegedly carried out by groups of adults.
Jewish, Israeli rights groups urge UN to recognize Hamas’s systematic sexual violence
The organizations warned of what they described as growing efforts from the UN to deny Hamas’s weaponization of sexual violence against the hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, massacre.
Iranian authorities publicly execute man who raped pregnant woman, her friend at knifepoint
The unnamed man was killed in the town of Bastam following a guilty verdict by the Supreme Court.
'Goal was to crush my dignity': Former hostage Rom Braslavski says PIJ sexually assaulted him
"It was sexual violence, and its main purpose was to humiliate me," Braslavski said. "The goal was to crush my dignity. And that's exactly what he did."
Two years since the October 7 massacre and the trauma is far from over - opinion
The calculated sadism inflicted on women and men, soldiers and civilians, young and old, an entire communities was unprecedented. Sexual violence was an intentional component of the enemy strategy.