📄[Briefing Paper] Neglected Suffering: Sexual violence and barriers to justice faced by villagers in Southeast Burma since the 2021 coup

This briefing paper presents evidence of sexual violence perpetrated against villagers in locally-defined Karen State since the February 2021 coup until September 2024, and the barriers to obtaining justice reported by survivors, families and community members. The first section provides a brief overview of the context of sexual violence in Southeast Burma and the situation of such crime since the 2021 coup, as well as an overview of the different justice systems in the region.

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