War without Rules: Gender-Based Violence in the Context of the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine

War without Rules: Gender-Based Violence in the Context of the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine

This study was developed to cover the situation involving gender-based violence associated with the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The report provides an overview of national legislation and international legal norms and highlights gaps in the legal framework, shortcomings in the collection and compilation of statistics, different forms of violence in the armed conflict, as well as the impact of the conflict on the prevalence of gender-based violence in territorial communities located away from the conflict area.