[CSW70] Access to Justice: Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Voice Their Deman

Date: 10-03-2026
Time: 18:30 - 20:00 hrs (New York time)
Location: UN Church Center (10th floor), New York

This CSW70 NGO Forum parallel event is organised by the Mukwege Foundation (MF) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The event is co-supported by the Alliance Féministe Francophone (AFF).
 
Please register here.   
 
This discussion panel will feature a dialogue between four survivors of conflict-related sexual violence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ukraine and Nepal. All are members of SEMA, the Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence, and of national survivor networks in their respective countries. They will share first-hand insights into what justice and accountability mean to them, drawing on examples from their own contexts, which reflect diverse conflict and post-conflict settings.
 
The dialogue will also underscore the importance of survivors’ meaningful engagement in the design and implementation of justice processes, highlighting how their active participation -or conversely, their exclusion- directly influences whether such processes are relevant and impactful.
 
Speakers:

• Dorine Llanta, FIDH
• Katrien Coppens, Mukwege Foundation
• Tatiana Mukanire, SEMA network, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Alisa Kovalenko, SEMA network and SEMA Ukraine member, Ukraine
• Iryna Dovgan, SEMA network and SEMA Ukraine member, Ukraine
• Devi Khadka, SEMA network and Aparajit Foundation member, Nepal 

Languages: English and French (interpretation provided)