Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Sexual violence remains a pervasive reality of war. Recent efforts to redress such harm are growing in intensity, from Ukraine, Iraq to Colombia and Congo. This book offers an innovative medico-legal framework for redressing conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), integrating insights from transitional justice, restorative justice, and medical scholarship. Grounded in empirical research across three diverse settings, it critically examines existing reparative measures and advocates for a more interdisciplinary approach to justice and repair. Through a health-centred lens, the book explores in-depth the forensic, psychological, physical, and social consequences of CRSV, emphasizing the cascading effects of embodied trauma on victims’ well-being. It interrogates conventional classifications, such as ‘victim’ and ‘survivor’, illustrating how identity shapes access to reparations. It examines how victims and healthcare professionals navigate the complexities of reparative processes, addressing the obstacles and strategies involved in achieving meaningful recovery. Traditional mechanisms are critiqued, with the book advancing the conceptualization of rehabilitation as a key element in comprehensive reparations. It calls for gender-sensitive, transformative approaches that integrate care, resilience, and vulnerability. Recognizing the challenges of repairing harm, the book promotes a vulnerability-based framework that acknowledges the relational dimensions of harm and the role of informal and self-repair mechanisms. This model extends beyond CRSV, offering insights into reparations for other mass violations. Ultimately, the book argues that reparations must drive systemic change by addressing structural, cultural, and political conditions and offers new ways forward including on how we perceive reparative success. This is an essential resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers committed to delivering meaningful justice—and to reshaping how we respond to sexual violence in post-conflict and authoritarian settings.</jats:p>