Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)

“Building the Foundation for Access to Justice and Reparation for Conflict Related Sexual Violence Survivors (CRSV)” was a joint project between the IOM and the United Nations Population Fund, funded by the UNPFN, which completed its activities in December 2015. The overall objective of the project was to scale up conflict- and gender-sensitive services addressing the post-conflict needs of victims of sexual violence. Under this project, the IOM developed and handed over the CRSV Case Management Protocol in the context of service provision programs in Nepal to support the MoPR in providing guidance on the eventual standardization of existing and new data on CRSV in Nepal and enabling the creation of a centralized CRSV database. Furthermore, this Protocol offered practical advice on how to design and carry out ethical and victim-centric case management for survivors of CRSV in Nepal. The Protocol provided internationally recognized standards to guide the basic information documentation at the request of the survivor and a survivor-centric needs assessment that could facilitate subsequent service provision and/or referral. Additionally, technical assistance was provided to the MoPR to better ensure the effective implementation of psychosocial counseling and support services for conflict victims, including CRSV survivors and community members as a whole. The targeted project districts were those selected by the MoPR to roll out psychosocial counseling services: Morang, Jhapa, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Kaski, Gorkha, Rolpa, Rukum, Kailali, and Kanchanpur.