Physician for Human Rights: Court Delivers Justice for Several Survivors of Post-Election Sexual Violence in Kenya
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (TNSRep) -- Physician for Human Rights issued the following news release on Dec. 10:
In a landmark judgement, the High Court in Nairobi today ruled in favor of four survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya. In Constitutional Petition No. 122 of 2013, the Court found that the Government of Kenya was responsible for a "failure to conduct independent and effective investigations and prosecutions of SGBV [sexual and gender-based violence]-related crimes . . .
In a landmark judgement, the High Court in Nairobi today ruled in favor of four survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya. In Constitutional Petition No. 122 of 2013, the Court found that the Government of Kenya was responsible for a "failure to conduct independent and effective investigations and prosecutions of SGBV [sexual and gender-based violence]-related crimes . . .