UN mission records more than 370 cases of war-related sexual violence in Ukraine

Such data are given in the report of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), Ukrinform reports.

The campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” has been launched in Ukraine. The HRMMU has documented 376 cases of conflict-related sexual violence involving 262 men, 104 women, 10 girls and 2 boys.

The UN mission works closely with survivors to document cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), and their testimonies are crucial to ensuring justice, bringing perpetrators to justice and preventing the further spread of this scourge.

This form of gender-based violence affects people of all genders, with more than half of the documented cases involving men - mostly those who were tortured in captivity in the occupied territory or in the Russian Federation.

“Conflict-related sexual violence is a violation of international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law. Preventing this kind of violence and bringing perpetrators to justice is a shared responsibility based on the human rights obligations of states,” the HRMMU emphasized.

As Ukrinform reported, the all-Ukrainian action “16 Days Against Violence” started on Monday.