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Contents:

	Executive Summary (p. 1)
	Five Key Findings (p. 2)
	Recommendations (p. 4)
	Acronyms (p. 5)
	Background (p. 7)
	Methodology (p. 9)
	Context: The Lebanese Civil Wars (p. 11)
	Legal Framework (p. 13)
		A. National Law (p. 14)
		B. International Law (p. 16)
	Key Statistics from LAW (p. 26)
	Patterns of Gendered Crimes (p. 27)
		A. Sexual and Gender-Based violence against women and girls (p. 28)
		B. Killing and abduction of women, girls, and infants (p. 33)
		C. Enforced disappearances of men and the gendered impact (p. 35)
		D. Family violence committed against women and children (p. 36)
		E. Role of women (p. 37)
	Impact (p. 39)
		A. Psychological and physical (p. 39)
		B. Economic and social (p. 40)
		C. Legal (p. 40)
	Impunity and Accountability (p. 41)
	Conclusion and Recommendations (p. 43)
	Recommendations (p. 44)
	Annexes (p. 45)
	Endnotes (p. 50)

Summary: »This report sets out, for the first time, the shocking truth of gendered crimes against women and girls during the Lebanese Civil Wars 1975-1990. Our preliminary investigation found that state actors, state and non-state aligned militias perpetrated sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) on a significant scale including rape, gang rape, mass rape, genital mutilation, sexualized torture, killings of women and girls after rape and abductions. Decades of collective amnesia, ‘Lebanese resilience’ and ‘shaming of victims’ has silenced victims and survivors of SGBV. These women and girls (and family members who witnessed these crimes) are double victims – first the sexual violence inflicted upon them and then the total and utter failure to hold individuals and state agents accountable for these grave violations or even acknowledge what has happened.
“They raped us in every possible way, in ways you can’t imagine: Gendered Crimes during the Lebanese Civil Wars” sets out in detail the findings of a preliminary investigation and research undertaken by LAW on gendered crimes perpetrated during the Lebanese Civil Wars. The report sets out the applicable national and international legal framework; gendered crimes perpetrated between 1975 and 1990; and patterns of gendered crimes, within the wider context of the Lebanese Civil Wars. Within these sections, the report identifies systematic patterns of SGBV prevalent throughout the 15 years and the impact of the gendered crimes on the interviewees’ lives. Finally, we discuss the culture of impunity and total lack of accountability with respect to gendered crimes committed during the Lebanese Civil Wars, and issue key recommendations to meet the needs of victims and survivors.
LAW collected a large quantity of primary and secondary information on gendered crimes during its preliminary investigations and research leading up to the preparation of this report. We reviewed 44 relevant documents; interviewed 36 victims and eyewitnesses from eight geographical locations; conducted six focus group discussions with 59 women; conducted 150 online quantitative surveys and interviewed 23 experts including academics, journalists, lawyers, and psychologists. A strict methodology was followed which is set out in Section III. In cases of sexual violence, where a second independent source of information was unavailable, LAW accepted the direct testimony of the victim/survivor in line with the interviewers’ own observations. Otherwise, LAW considered the case or incident corroborated when it obtained three eyewitness or victims’ first-hand account which it assessed as credible and as consistent with what was known about the incident or the established patterns of similar incidents in the area, and in line with the interviewer’s own observations. For many victims and survivors, our interviews were the first time they had ever spoken to anyone about what happened to them. When asked why they had not spoken about what happened to them, they said ‘no one ever asked.« (Source: Report)

Translation: Unknown. غتصبونا بجميع الطرق الممكنة، بطرق ال يمكن تصور. Geneva 2021. - Bibliographic Entry: Info

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