# @clooneyfoundationforjustice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DDxNNqVtJvD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33125055-clooneyfoundationforjustice-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-12-19T17:47:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Clooney Foundation for Justice (@clooneyfoundationforjustice) — https://gondola.cc/clooneyfoundationforjustice

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NEW: A report from #TrialWatch and americanbarassociation Center for Human Rights reveals the Kenyan law against female genital mutilation has been used overwhelmingly to target survivors who underwent FGM, rather than the perpetrators.

Kenya’s anti-FGM law can and should be vital in combating #FGM – but it has been turned against the very people it seeks to protect. It's time to make it clear as recommended by the African Commission: no survivor of FGM should ever be prosecuted.

Read more are the link in our bio. 

Over 55% of defendants in the FGM cases monitored for the report were survivors — including minors. Only 6% of defendants were ‘cutters.’ Survivors face invasive exams and years-long trials that have resulted in convictions for their own FGM.

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trialwatch, fgm

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