Nairobi Declaration on Women’s and Girls’ Right to a Remedy and Reparation
Categories: Human Rights, Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Political Transitions, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Transitional Justice
Country: Kenya
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2007
Citation: Nairobi Declaration on Women's and Girls' Right to a Remedy and Reparation. International Meeting on Women’s and Girls’ Right to a Remedy and Reparation. Paris: International Federation for Human Rights, 2007.
Sub-Categories: Political Transitions, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Transitional Justice
Country: Kenya
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2007
Citation: Nairobi Declaration on Women's and Girls' Right to a Remedy and Reparation. International Meeting on Women’s and Girls’ Right to a Remedy and Reparation. Paris: International Federation for Human Rights, 2007.
Abstract
At the 2007 International Meeting on Women’s and Girls’ Right to A Remedy and Reparation, women’s rights advocates and activists along with sexual violence survivors, gathered to discuss transitional justice for sexual and gender-based violence suffered during conflicts. More than 30 NGOs signed on and issued the Nairobi Declaration that stated reparations for survivors of sexual violence is an fundamental part of transitional justice.