Amidst the widespread human rights violations that have devastated Darfur and eastern
Chad, crimes of rape and other violence against women have been pervasive. Amnesty
International has documented and denounced the shocking levels of rape and other violence
that women in Darfur and eastern Chad have been subject to.1 As these reports by Amnesty
International, as well as by other organizations and UN agencies reveal, rape and other forms
of violence against women have been widespread during attacks on villages on both sides of
the Chad/Darfur border.