Publication

This study deals with sexual violence in Sudan, focusing primarily on rape. The author argues that rape in Sudan has occurred not only in armed ethnic conflicts in the country, but also as a form of political oppression under the pretext of threats to national security. Furthermore, the categorization of rape as a form of adultery not only leads to the virtual impossibility of convicting a rapist, but may even lead to the incrimination of the female victim of rape instead.