Sexual Violence

NAIROBI, KENYA - On Friday afternoon, an IJM lawyer in Kenya received a much-anticipated phone call: The man who had been charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl was convicted, after signif

KIGALI, RWANDA - A Rwandan judge has sentenced a local businessman to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl.

KIGALI, RWANDA - This week, a man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - Last week, a man was sentenced to 52 years in prison for a brutal sexual assault.

EL ALTO, BOLIVIA - IJM's lawyer waited in the courtroom as the panel of Bolivian judges deliberated. She sat with the mother of Hilda*, a teenage victim of attempted rape.

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - Last week, a man was sentenced to nine years in prison for rape and violence after the survivor of his assault courageously recounted the violent attack in court.

RWANDA - This month, IJM Rwanda trained thirty-five Rwandan judges and prosecutors on best practices for handling cases of child sexual assault.

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - Earlier this week, on an otherwise quiet, rainy street, a man was arrested for allegedly repeatedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old Guatemalan girl.

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - A man who abused a position of trust and authority in a local church has been convicted and sentenced to nearly twenty years in jail for sexually abusing and v