nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/b50e1ead721f2f32 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250812s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/b50e1ead721f2f32 doi eng 342 23 Xu, Winona Author aut Reproductive Violence in Tigray - Severe Violations of African Regional Law and International Law Xu, Winona Verfassungsblog 2025-08-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A new July 2025 investigative report highlights the devastating weaponized sexual and reproductive violence unleashed during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict in Ethiopia. Based on hundreds of medical records and health worker testimonies, the report documents mass rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, and sexual torture of Tigrayan women and children by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers. The deliberate reproductive dimension of violence in Tigray constitutes clear violations of both the Maputo Protocol and international law, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity. CC BY-SA 4.0 African Union Ethiopia Maputo Protocol Sexual violence Tigray (Region) War Crimes conflict-related sexual violence crimes against humanity reproductive violence tigray (DE-588)1144196167 gnd Tigray (Region) Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/reproductive-violence-tigray/ raw object