Over 547 survivors of sexual and gender based violence accessed structured legal awareness sessions and individual legal consultations in 2025, with 365 confidential consultations helping survivors understand their rights, assess risk and weigh their options. Recognising that legal engagement is impossible without stabilisation, LAW’s integrated referral system connected 637 survivors to psychosocial or medical care, more than double the original target, including 26 group sessions, 197 individual counselling sessions and 40 medical referrals.

LAW submitted detailed documentation to the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan concerning alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gezira State, and filed a legal brief with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on behalf of 22 Darfuri women survivors of conflict related sexual violence and other grave crimes perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces. Survivor case files have been documented to international evidentiary standards and testimonies preserved for future proceedings.

Furthermore, on behalf of twelve Sudanese victims, LAW and The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) filed a landmark criminal complaint with Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Kenya for war crimes and crimes against humanity, under the principle of universal jurisdiction. The victims are asking the DPP to investigate 10 members of the RSF, including some with alleged ties to Kenya, for committing these international crimes in and around Khartoum between April 2023 and March 2025.

A central achievement of LAW’s Sudan work is the establishment of a survivor led first responder mechanism. Fifty survivor advocates were trained in psychosocial first aid and survivor centred SGBV response, 35 of them receiving advanced capacity building, and through seven mentorship sessions the Restore Hope Survivors’ Network was set up as a survivor owned structure with elected leadership, ethical standards and safety protocols. Survivor advocates now act as trusted first responders in their own communities.

Girls and young women have borne a disproportionate share of the education crisis caused by the conflict, and refugee girls are far less likely to be enrolled in school than boys. Through the Education Cannot Wait supported project “Future is Female: From Victims to Advocates”, LAW supported SIHA Network to reach 250 out of school Sudanese refugee girls in Kampala and Kiryandongo Settlement in Uganda with legal education, advocacy training and support for school re-enrolment.