Embassies urge authorities to meet obligations towards sexual violence victims

Tens of thousands of women, men, and children were raped or sexually abused during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and despite the passage of almost thirty years since the end of the armed conflict, only a small number of survivors have access to meaningful support or have received any form of reparation for the trauma and harm they experienced, foreign embassies in Bosnia and Herzegovina said on Monday, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Pročitaj više