"Let the Rape Victims Come In"

March 31, 2014

The director of an NGO from New York brought to the art gallery at the Julio Mario Santo Domingo building of the University of Los Andes the issue of female victims of war who have been neglected by the government. The exhibition, "My Body: A War Zone," will be exhibited there for the next month and denounces the atrocities of wars; those wars whose tormented being have no age, nor race, nor gender, nor color.

Justice Comes to Rape Survivors One Case at a Time

June 21, 2013

This past April 30, a victim of war-time rape in 1992 finally saw her rapist convicted in a local court in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Lejla (a pseudonym) never ceased to work for justice. But her pleas went unheeded until 2010 when PROOF’s partner organization, Swiss NGO TRIAL (Track Impunity Always), began advocating on her behalf. Photo: Blake Fitch.

"Let the Rape Victims Come In"

Justice Comes to Rape Survivors One Case at a Time

This past April 30, a victim of war-time rape in 1992 finally saw her rapist convicted in a local court in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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This past April 30, a victim of war-time rape in 1992 finally saw her rapist convicted in a local court in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Rape is an act of aggression with severe legal penalties in all societies. But as horrifying as it may be under “normal” circumstances, the nature and causes of sexual violence are different during armed conflicts.