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Denis Mukwege

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  1. “This justice imperative is a prerequisite for breaking the cycle of violence and instability and a sine qua non for moving forward on the path to sustainable development and peace. Together we can end sexual violence and act for human dignity, justice and peace.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  2. “While the Congolese authorities and the United Nations have begun discussions on a strategy for the gradual and progressive withdrawal of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we believe it is essential to place the fight against impunity and the use of all transitional justice mechanisms at the heart of this strategy, thus emphasizing the need to prioritize a profound reform of the security sector and the prosecution of the most serious crimes through the establishment of international or internationalized mechanisms for the prosecution and trial of the most serious crimes. I am grateful for all efforts to end impunity and to support the implementation of a holistic transitional justice strategy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  3. “This is particularly shocking in view of the scale and seriousness of the crimes committed against the civilian population for decades. We would like to draw the attention of the members of the Security Council to the fact that political and military solutions have thus far failed to ensure the protection of civilians and to bring stability to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  4. “That is the reason behind our advocacy efforts to implement the recommendations of the mapping report on the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1993 and 2003 — one of the darkest periods in the country’s modern history, during which women and girls paid a heavy price and all the fighting forces — both Congolese and foreign — made massive, methodical and systematic use of rape and sexual assault as a strategy of terror and subjugation. However, more than 10 years after its publication by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, none of the report’s recommendations aimed at putting in place all the tools of transitional justice have been implemented.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  5. “But we must not only address the consequences of violence, we must also ensure the non-repetition of crimes by strengthening efforts to fight impunity. Victims are entitled to not only quality holistic care but also justice, truth and reparations. Various Security Council resolutions have highlighted that impunity for those allegedly responsible for the most serious crimes, including sexual crimes, remains one of the main obstacles to peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and explains, in large part, the perpetuation of mass atrocities to this day in the conflict provinces in the east of the country, notably Ituri and the Kivus.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  6. “I therefore reiterate my call to the international community and all States to draw a red line against the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war and to punish the perpetrators and instigators of these odious crimes with blacklists, economic, financial and political sanctions and legal proceedings. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we at Panzi Hospital continue our efforts to respond to conflict-related sexual violence according to a holistic assistance model based on four pillars — medical, psychological, socioeconomic and legal. This survivor-focused “one-stop centre” model aims to integrate all women’s health needs in one place, within the primary health-care system, in order to avoid discrimination and stigmatization.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  7. “That is why we welcome the fact that, in August 2020, the Council imposed sanctions on the leader of the armed Retour, réclamation et réhabilitation group in the Central African Republic for planning, ordering or committing acts of sexual violence, including rape. We hope that this important precedent will not remain an isolated case, as everyone recognizes that efforts to ensure accountability and justice are the best tools for prevention. As long as these heinous crimes are not punished and sanctioned, they will continue. This is the weak link in the strategies to respond to sexual violence and deter potential perpetrators and their political and military chains of command from committing these barbaric acts that bring shame on our common humanity.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  8. “We have taken note of the determination expressed in various recommendations contained in a recent report by the Secretary-General (S/2021/312) aimed at filling the gaps in the global strategy to combat sexual violence and concretely implementing the measures taken in the women and peace and security agenda. In that connection, the Secretary-General rightly made the sobering observation that, during the first 10 years of the mandate establishing a Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, not a single person or entity that perpetrated acts of sexual violence was subjected to the sanctions established by the Security Council for that very purpose.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  9. “We are still a long way from establishing a red line against the use of rape and sexual violence as a strategy of war, domination and terror. That is why our struggle for a world in which every woman and girl has the right to live free from violence continues — as the overwhelming majority of victims still do not receive the assistance and support they need, or receive justice and reparations for the atrocities they have suffered. The great challenge we face today is to effectively implement the existing normative framework and to translate the many commitments made by the Security Council into concrete realities for the benefit of survivors. It is in that context that we welcome the determination of the Secretary- General and his Special Representative to turn commitments into obligations and resolutions into results.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source

  10. “I would like to thank the Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations for inviting me to speak at this open debate on conflict-related sexual violence. The year 2020 marked the twentieth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000) and the women and peace and security agenda. We welcome the fact that our struggle for the dignity of women survivors of sexual violence is on the international agenda and that the issue of conflict-related sexual violence is finally gaining visibility among policymakers and decision makers. Nevertheless, advances in international law should not obscure the fact that the scourge of sexual violence, which is truly a pandemic, persists in all conflict contexts. Moreover, responses to it remain underfunded, and a climate of impunity for sexual crimes is still more the rule than the exception.”

    2021-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/375 (2021) · source