The analysis focused on whether there were different patterns of sexual violence according to the affiliation of perpetrators: civilian versus military. It was hypothesized that many of the perpetrators in the “non-specified” category were indeed from the military or militia groups. Thus, further analysis was done to investigate the extent to which patterns of rape committed by “non-specified” perpetrators were similar to patterns of rape committed by military perpetrators. For the purpose of this analysis and discussion, armed combatant refers to the combined group of soldiers with a specific military affiliation (28%) and soldiers NOS or “men in military uniform” without a specified military affiliation (24%). As shown in Figure 2, there were remarkable similarities between armed combatants and the non-specified perpetrators specifically with regards to gang rape (55% of gang rapes were committed by armed combatants and 44% by non-specified perpetrators versus 1% by civilian perpetrators). However, armed combatants were still the most common perpetrators for all types of sexual violence and civilian assailants were the least common perpetrators regardless of the type of sexual violence (Figure 2). Figure 2. Type of sexual violence by perpetrator. Armed combatant refers to a combination of soldiers with a specific military affiliation and soldiers NOS without an identified military affiliation. 14