
Sexual Violence | Human Rights Watch
Dec 12, 2024 · In Ecuador one in four women experience sexual violence. Until April 2021, abortion after rape was criminalized unless the pregnant person had an intellectual disability.
Sudan: Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves
Dec 16, 2024 · Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state …
Sudan: Widespread Sexual Violence in the Capital
Jul 29, 2024 · Sudan’s warring parties, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have committed widespread acts of rape, including gang rape, and forced women and girls into …
Doctor’s Rape, Murder in India Sparks Protests - Human Rights …
Aug 15, 2024 · The laws against rape and sexual abuse were strengthened after a 2012 gang rape and murder in Delhi sparked nationwide protests.
Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees - Human Rights Watch
Apr 22, 2024 · Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023.
France Redefines Rape in Landmark Law - Human Rights Watch
Oct 30, 2025 · France's Parliament has adopted a landmark law -that defines rape as any non-consensual sexual act, a significant milestone in the fight against sexual violence in the country.
No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons - Human Rights Watch
Rape, by prisoners' accounts, was no aberrational occurrence; instead it was a deeply-rooted, systemic problem. It was also a problem that prison authorities were doing little to address.
“Forced to Give Up on Their Dreams”: Sexual Violence against Girls …
Feb 18, 2025 · The 85-page report, “‘Forced to Give Up on Their Dreams’: Sexual Violence against Girls in Guatemala,” documents the numerous barriers that girls who are survivors of …
日本は同意のない性交をレイプと認めるべき | Human Rights Watch
Jun 14, 2023 · 日本の参議院に現在提出されている法案は、刑法上のレイプの定義について「不同意性交等」と改正するもので、画期的である。この法案は6月21 ...
Haiti: Scarce Protection as Sexual Violence Escalates
Nov 25, 2024 · Criminal groups in Haiti have intensified attacks against the population in recent weeks, including by subjecting girls and women to horrific sexual abuse, Human Rights Watch …