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UN Human Rights Council Hears Plea to Protect Victims of ‘Brutal’ Sexual Violence in South Sudan

South Sudan Gender-based Violence
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has investigated human rights abuses in Kajo Keji in the south of the country. (Source: UNMISS/Isaac Billy)
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2018
By: United Nations Media

The plight of South Sudan’s women and girls “should no longer be ignored”, UN investigators told the UN Human Rights Councilon Monday, citing the disturbing testimonies of sexual abuse victims who have been treated by soldiers and militias as the “spoils” of…

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