South Sudan - From violence to justice: A police unit gives survivors hope

In a makeshift courtroom inside a police station in South Sudan's largest camp for displaced families, a young woman named Mary (name changed) faces her husband, who is accused of biting her and threatening to blind her. Mary, a mother of two, listens as the defence lawyer argues she failed to prepare food on time. Nyawel Liah Diu, a police investigator with the Special Protection Unit handling sexual and gender-based violence cases, testifies that Mary had spent the day working in her stall and had brought home a large fish to cook when the attack occurred. The case highlights efforts to bring justice to survivors of gender-based violence in South Sudan.

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