Rape, a terrorism problem - Part 1
In June 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 73/305 condemning “all forms of sexual and gender-based violence, abductions, trafficking in persons, rape, forced marriage, enslavement and other forms of violence perpetrated by terrorist groups, and stressing the importance of bringing perpetrators to justice and addressing the needs of victims, in particular women and children, in this regard.
A young divorced mother aged 23 from Central Asia worked as a labour migrant in the catering industry in an OSCE participating State. In 2015, she was offered a job opportunity in Syria, with promises of a good income. Upon reaching Syria, ISIL confiscated her passport and exploited her as a domestic worker in Idlib. She never received the promised money for her work.
When she tried to escape, ISIL members caught, raped and mutilated her. The last known evidence of her whereabouts was received on 17 November 2015, when the information was received that she had been enslaved by a terrorist group.
Three migrant women 24 to 26 years old from Central Asia were recruited in an OSCE participating State for a job op- portunity abroad. None of the women had any formal education. The recruiter sent the women to Syria. Upon reaching the destination, their passports were taken away. The women were forced into domestic work without pay and were regularly raped. Due to their lack of identity documents, the women could not run away. Their whereabouts remain unknown at the time of the drafting of the present paper.
In June 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 73/305 condemning “all forms of sexual and gender-based violence, abductions, trafficking in persons, rape, forced marriage, enslavement and other forms of violence perpetrated by terrorist groups, and stressing the importance of bringing perpetrators to justice and addressing the needs of victims, in particular women and children, in this regard.
A young divorced mother aged 23 from Central Asia worked as a labour migrant in the catering industry in an OSCE participating State. In 2015, she was offered a job opportunity in Syria, with promises of a good income. Upon reaching Syria, ISIL confiscated her passport and exploited her as a domestic worker in Idlib. She never received the promised money for her work.
When she tried to escape, ISIL members caught, raped and mutilated her. The last known evidence of her whereabouts was received on 17 November 2015, when the information was received that she had been enslaved by a terrorist group.
Three migrant women 24 to 26 years old from Central Asia were recruited in an OSCE participating State for a job op- portunity abroad. None of the women had any formal education. The recruiter sent the women to Syria. Upon reaching the destination, their passports were taken away. The women were forced into domestic work without pay and were regularly raped. Due to their lack of identity documents, the women could not run away. Their whereabouts remain unknown at the time of the drafting of the present paper.