Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys: Survivors Sidelined in Peace Agreements

Author: Ella Riise MacLeod

This report sets out how Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) affects men, why it is overlooked in research, legal proceedings and humanitarian programming, and why peace agreements should address CRSV, despite the challenges in doing so. Section 2 presents a mixed methods study of references to Sexual Violence (SV) in peace agreements, using the PA-X Peace Agreements Database, focusing on how male survivors are sidelined in peace agreement provisions. Section 3 includes a case study of the Juba Agreement in Sudan, which is the only peace agreement listed in PA-X to directly include male survivors in the definition of CRSV. The report concludes with a discussion in Section 4, arguing for a holistic approach to address CRSVAM, highlighting that peace agreements alone can only do so much.