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To the Editor: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been involved in a chronic conflict, concentrated in the east, where civilian communities are targeted on a daily basis.¹ The United Nations Security Council recently adopted a resolution that includes a request to its mission in the DRC (MONUC) to report on "factual data and trend analysis" of sexual violence.² This study describes sexual violence reported to MONUC, by perpetrator and region, in the DRC during the 18-month period from October 2005 through March 2007.

Methods

A University of Toronto research ethics officer determined that this study was exempt from ethical approval ex post facto. Data on alleged perpetrators, abused persons, and context of sexual violence were obtained from MONUC monthly human rights reports.³ The reports are based on interviewing witnesses and reportedly abused persons; neither individual abused persons nor individual witnesses are identified in the MONUC report. MONUC claims . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Nathan Taback, PhD
nathan.taback@utoronto.ca
Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robin Painter, MA; Ben King, MA
Alliance for Direct Action against Rape in Conflict and Crisis
Geneva, Switzerland