 
THE WAR
WITHIN THE WAR
Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Eastern
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"My body has become sad. I have no happiness."
(thirty-five-year-old year old woman,
raped by soldiers)
"There is a real madness with all this
violence. This is a whole war within the war-
another kind of attack on the Congolese people."
(counselor in eastern Congo)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SUMMARY
RECOMMENDATIONS
To
the Government of Rwanda and the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie
(RCD)
To
the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo
To
the United Nations
To
Donor Governments
METHODOLOGY
CONTEXT
SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AS A WEAPON OF WAR
THE
AFTERMATH OF RAPE AND OTHER FORMS
OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
INDIVIDUAL
AND COMMUNITY RESPONSES
THE
RESPONSE OF THE AUTHORITIES
LEGAL
PROTECTION AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE
RESPONSE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
APPENDIX
I: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court- Articles Relating
to Jurisdiction
APPENDIX
II: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Information presented in this report was gathered
by a team composed of Human Rights Watch researchers and members of Congolese
human rights associations based in Goma, Bukavu, and Uvira. We wish to
thank our colleagues in eastern Congo, who risk their lives to defend the
rights of others, for their commitment and assistance. We also wish to
thank all those who took the time and courage to speak to the delegation,
in particular the survivors themselves.
This report was written by Joanne Csete,
director of Human Rights Watch's Program on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights,
Juliane Kippenberg, NGO Liaison in the Africa Division of Human Rights
Watch, and a consultant of the Africa division. Tony Tate, consultant,
also contributed to the research. The report was reviewed by LaShawn R.
Jefferson of the Women's Rights Division, Wilder Tayler, Legal and Policy
Director, and Janet Fleischman and Suliman Baldo of the Africa Division
of Human Rights Watch. It was edited by Alison Des Forges and Michael McClintock.
Production and coordination assistance was provided by Jeff Scott, Patrick
Minges, Maria Burnett-Gaudiani, and Veronica Mathushaj.
Human Rights Watch recognizes with appreciation funding for work on the
Democratic Republic of Congo from the Oak Foundation.
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