Shattered lives
Subtitle: sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath
By: Human Rights Watch/Africa, Human Rights Watch Women's Rights Project, Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme.
Contributors: Human Rights Watch/Africa.; Women's Rights Project (Human Rights Watch); Fédération internationale des droits de l'homme.
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Sex crimes -- Rwanda.; Violent crimes -- Rwanda.; Women -- Crimes against -- Rwanda.; Women -- Rwanda -- Social conditions.
Description: "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. Shatter lives documents the widespread rape of women during the genocide"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.