FAST FACTS

CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS

SEXUAL VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENS AS A

RESULT OF A CONFLICT

IN A CONFLICT,

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

OCCURS IN MANY FORMS

CRSV IS EITHER PENETRATIVE OR NON-PENETRATIVE

PENETRATIVE

  • rape

  • intimate partner violence

  • forced pregnancy

  • forced prostitution

  • forced incest

  • forced abortion

  • forced sterilization

  • mutilation of genitals

  • forced nudity

    forced watching

    sexual humiliation

    sexual harassment

NON- PENETRATIVE

CRSV does not respect:

age

race

gender

religion

anyone can become a SURVIVOR

WHAT’S A CONFLICT???

WHEN TWO OR MORE ORGANIZED ARMED GROUPS OR STATES FIGHT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME

WAR IS A TYPE OF CONFLICT

International Armed Conflict Definition

WHEN TWO OR MORE

STATES

ARE ENGAGED IN

HOSTILE FIGHTING

THE LENGTH OF THEIR

COMBAT DOES NOT

MATTER

ARE CONFLICTS:

  • CIVIL WAR

  • STATE VS. INSURGENTS

  • OCCUPATION

Non-international Armed Conflict Definition

WHEN A STATE IS

INTENSELY FIGHTING

AN ORGANIZED

NON-STATE ACTOR

THE LENGTH OF THEIR

COMBAT DOES MATTER

NOT CONFLICTS:

  • RIOTS

  • DEMONSTRATIONS

  • GANG VIOLENCE

  • TERRORIST ATTACKS

  • CONFLICTS END

    WHEN THE FIGHTING

    STOPS