Silenced and forgotten: Survivors of Nepal’s conflict-era sexual violence (September 2014)

26th September 2014

Silenced and forgotten: Survivors of Nepal’s conflict-era sexual violence (September 2014)

The 78-page Human Rights Watch report documents sexual violence by both government forces and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) combatants during the conflict, which ended with a peace agreement in 2006. Many of these crimes remain unreported, with survivors isolated and unable to find ways to access justice and redress. The Nepali government should take immediate measures to encourage women to report these crimes and seek justice, and develop a reparation program to address critical needs of survivors of sexual violence and torture, including long term health care and livelihood support.