The collection of data to determine instances of rape and sexual violence had been fraught with problems. Today, an accurate number cannot be set. Most experts believe it to be in the region of 250,000 rapes and sexual assaults.18 The sexual violence in Rwanda included sexual slavery, forced incest, deliberate HIV transmission, forced impregnation and genital mutilation.19 The intention of the sexual attacks was to humiliate, demoralise and enslave.
