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UN adds Israel and Russia to blacklist for conflict-related sexual violence

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29-05-2026 | 01:24

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UN adds Israel and Russia to blacklist for conflict-related sexual violence

Israeli and Russian security forces have been added to a United Nations blacklist on sexual violence in conflict, according to a report reviewed Thursday, May 28, by Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Published annually by the U.N., the list includes dozens of state and non-state groups credibly suspected of having engaged "systematically" in sexual violence in countries such as Sudan, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Syria and Mali.

Last August, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Israel and Russia of their possible inclusion on the list.

Despite the warning, the report says that "incidents and patterns of sexual violence continued to be documented by the United Nations" in the war in Ukraine and in the occupied Palestinian territories.

U.N. investigators faced "continued denial of access" from authorities in both countries, according to the report, seen by AFP before its circulation among Security Council members.

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