Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence During the Rwandan Genocide and its Aftermath

TitleShattered Lives: Sexual Violence During the Rwandan Genocide and its Aftermath
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1996
AuthorsNowrojee, Binaifer
Corporate AuthorsHuman Rights Watch/Africa, Women's Rights Project of Human Rights Watch, and Fédération internationale des droits de l'homme
Number of Pages103
PublisherHuman Rights Watch
CityNew York
Abstract

During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, women were subjected to sexual violence on a massive scale. These crimes were perpetrated by members of the infamous Hutu militia groups known as the Interahamwe, other civilians, and soldier of the Rwandan Armed Forces. Administrative, military and political leaders as well as heads of militia, directed or permitted the killings and sexual violence in an effort to further their political goals, and therefore bear responsibility for these abuses. Shattered Lives documents the widespread rape of women during the genocide. [Back Cover]

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