Article / Paper
The Stigma in Justice Library is a curated collection of over 600 resources on stigma, sexual violence, conflict-related sexual violence, survivor-centred justice, and justice systems. It brings together research, guidance, tools, case studies, and practical resources for justice actors, survivor advocates, researchers, policymakers, and civil society organisations.
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Report / Study
Sexual Violence Under Settler Colonialism: Structural, Political, and Racialised Violence Against Palestinians
Guideline / Standard / SOP / Framework
Survivor Engagement Protocol: Practical Standards for Engagement in Advocacy
Report / Study
Enhancing Survivor-Centred Healthcare Response for Male Victims/Survivors of Sexual Violence in Afghanistan
Guideline / Standard / SOP / Framework
Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Syria Crisis: A Journalist’s Handbook
Guideline / Standard / SOP / Framework
International Principles and Guidelines on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities
Guideline / Standard / SOP / Framework
The Nairobi Principles on Accountability
CARSV Stigma Toolkit for Justice
Synergy’s Stigma Toolkit equips justice actors & justice systems to become survivor-centric, trauma-informed and capable of delivering the predictable and rigorous justice necessary to end impunity for conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV).
Training Materials
A Bank of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey Questions
Toolkit / Handbook / Manual
Guide to Good Practice For Defence Counsel in CARSV Cases
Guideline / Standard / SOP / Framework
Guide to Non-Stigmatising Language for Justice Actors and Supporters
Toolkit / Handbook / Manual
The Myth Debunker
Toolkit / Handbook / Manual
CARSV Stigma Toolkit for Justice: Toolkit for Assessing and Tackling Stigma, Myths, Stereotypes and Misconceptions about Conflict and Atrocity Related Sexual Violence in Criminal Justice Systems and Courts (Pilot Version)
Investigation and Documentation
Practical resources for investigators and documenters.
Toolkit / Handbook / Manual
Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Guideline / Standard / SOP / Framework
Trauma-Informed Investigations Field Guide
Report / Study
The experiences of sexually assaulted people attending Saint Mary's Sexual
The experiences of sexually assaulted people attending Saint Mary's Sexual
Assault Referral Centre for a forensic medical examination
Review / Meta-analysis
Experiences of the forensic medical
Experiences of the forensic medical
exam after sexual assault:
Qualitative thematic synthesis
Article / Paper
Guidelines examination of victims of sexual assault harmonization of forensic and medico-legal examination of persons
Article / Paper
Medico Legal Aspects of Sexual Violence: Impact on Court Judgments
Legal Document (legislation, judgment, legal analysis)
Forensic Medical Services (Victims of
Forensic Medical Services (Victims of
Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021
Survivor-Centred Justice
Guidance, tools, and evidence on survivor-centred approaches.
Article / Paper
Inherited Scars: Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Following Sexual Violence
Guideline / Standard / SOP / Framework
Survivor Engagement Protocol: Practical Standards for Engagement in Advocacy
Report / Study
In Our Own Words: Survivor Perspectives for Those Gathering and Using Information About Systematic and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Article / Paper
More Than Support to Court: Rape Victims and Specialist Sexual Violence Services
Report / Study
Supporting survivors of conflict
Supporting survivors of conflict
related sexual violence
Report / Study
Reclaiming Voice: Minoritised Women and Sexual Violence Key Findings
Thesis / Dissertation
Naming Injustice, Reimagining Justice: How Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence in Portugal Perceive Criminal Justice and its Alternatives
Male Survivors
Resources focused on men and boys affected by sexual violence.
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An Exploration into the Acceptance of Male Rape Myths within the UK
Case Study / Comparative Analysis
Examining the relationship between male rape myth acceptance, female rape myth acceptance, victim blame, homophobia, gender roles, and ambivalent sexism
Article / Paper
Male Rape Myths: The Role of Gender, Violence and Sexism
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Sexual Violence Against Men in Armed Conflict’
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Out of the Shadows? The Inclusion of Men and Boys in Conceptualisations of Wartime Sexual Violence
Article / Paper
From ‘It Rarely Happens’ to ‘It’s Worse for Men’: Dispelling Misconceptions about Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Conflict and Displacement
Article / Paper
Male Rape in Law and the Courtroom
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Research, policy and practical resources on CRSV.
Report / Study
Sexual Violence Under Settler Colonialism: Structural, Political, and Racialised Violence Against Palestinians
Report / Study
The Long Road: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings (Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda)
Article / Paper
The Fixation on Wartime Rape: Feminist Critique and International Criminal Law
Toolkit / Handbook / Manual
Handbook for United Nations Field Missions on Preventing and responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Article / Paper
Civil Society Perspectives on Sexual Violence in Conflict: Patriarchy and War Strategy in Colombia
Article / Paper
Prosecuting Rape as a War Crime: Speaking the Unspeakable
Article / Paper
Women Under Attack: Internal Armed Conflicts and GBV in North East India
Child-Friendly Justice
Resources on children and young people engaging with justice systems.
Article / Paper
Exploring the educative role of judges’ sentencing remarks: an analysis of
Exploring the educative role of judges’ sentencing remarks: an analysis of
remarks on child exploitation material
Toolkit / Handbook / Manual
Forgetting Children Born of War Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond
Article / Paper
Toward a Child-Oriented Approach to Reparations: Reflecting on the Rights and Needs of Child Victims of Armed Conflict
Training Materials
Training Programme on the Treatment of Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime for Prosecutors and Judges
Article / Paper
“Being Shut Out in the Dark” Young Survivors' Experiences of Reporting a Sexual Offence
Training Materials
Training Programme on the
Training Programme on the
Treatment of Child Victims and Child Witnesses of Crime for Law Enforcement Officials
Article / Paper
The NICHD protocol: a review of an internationally-used evidence-
The NICHD protocol: a review of an internationally-used evidence-
based tool for training child forensic interviewers
Understanding Stigma in Justice
Foundational resources on understanding and addressing stigma in justice processes.
Article / Paper
Between Fatigue and Silence: The Challenges of Conducting Research on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Article / Paper
Sexual Violence: Stigma at all Levels
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Conceptualizing Stigma
Conceptualizing Stigma
Article / Paper
Stigmatisation and rejection of survivors
Stigmatisation and rejection of survivors
of sexual violence in eastern Democratic
Republic of the Congo
Article / Paper
Comfort Women: Shifting Shame and Stigma from Victims to Victimizers
Report / Study
Engaging Young People in the Fight Against Sexual Violence Stigma: Results from a Schools-Focused Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report / Study