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Adil

lines on the record: 7
first: 2023-09-13
most recent: 2023-09-13
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: un-security-council

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“I leave the Council with urgent questions, and I would like all the member States to answer them in their next words: What will it take for the international community to effectively pressure the two parties to end the war? How will the Security Council guarantee women’s political participation in peace negotiations in all international institutions? Now we have all the reports of the sexual violence that women are facing, and the Council has not formed any investigation committee yet. When will it do that? In accordance with resolution 1820 (2008), how will the Council provide justice for all the victims of war? What is the situation for refugees at the borders and for displaced people? Are they receiving urgent assistance that is equal to the dire situation they are in?”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9417 (2023) · source
“We demand from the Council that their political participation be considered a priority and for Sudanese women to be part of all decision-making processes. Finally, I have to point out that the injustice and humanitarian crisis we have faced as the Sudanese people has been neglected as the global humanitarian financial system continues to focus its aid on countries in the global North. The Council should therefore be responsible for providing humanitarian relief, including health-saving assistance. Women and different population categories need this in other States, as do the Sudanese refugees in the neighbouring countries. Leaving them to face death is a crime; we urge the Council to take effective, quick decisions and actions.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9417 (2023) · source
“They were the ones on the front lines of the 2019 peaceful civilian revolution, with their resilience and outstanding efforts to reinforce stability and peace — and now by actively engaging in the humanitarian assistance in emergency rooms or community-based organizations while mobilizing resources to meet the urgent needs of vulnerable women and girls. But since this war erupted, their political spaces have been diminished. In the Sudan, No Oppression against Women Initiative groups have been targeted by security forces, and women have been forbidden from participating in demonstrations. They have been excluded from all regional and international discussions and all institutions taking initiatives to end this war.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9417 (2023) · source
“We demand international lawyers to defend victims of sexual violence and to provide legal assistance under the principle of extraterritorial jurisdiction, which allows Member States’ courts to prosecute individuals for crimes committed outside the country’s borders, including acts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. We demand support for women’s rights organizations and women’s rights defenders. In the Security Council, the security and protection of Sudanese women must be a priority. Preserving Sudanese women’s dignity and rights must be prioritized today more than ever. As a Sudanese gender activist put it so eloquently: “men create the war, and women step in to make the peace.” I have the obligation today to remind Member States that Sudanese women are making peace and are peace advocates.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9417 (2023) · source
“He considered me his sex slave”. The predators behind those crimes are walking freely as we speak, without accountability, threatening and treating women’s bodies as their personal battlefields. Pursuant to resolution 1820 (2008), on sexual violence as a weapon of war and a direct threat to international peace and security, we demand a team of experts to work with grassroots organizations in the Sudan to provide mechanisms to investigate, prosecute and hold individuals accountable for their involvement in criminal activities committed in the Sudan and take those cases to the International Criminal Court.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9417 (2023) · source
“I am speaking up today for all the Sudanese women and girls fighting for freedom and survival, fighting for themselves and their families and loved ones. I am speaking up for those who were raped, sexually assaulted and exploited as sex slaves. I am speaking up for those still missing. Today I am not just a young woman activist, today I am S.A., a 24-year-old victim of rape on July 2023, in Khartoum, who said: “I have been raped in front of my family members, and they could not save me from the hell of the war criminals who viciously forced themselves on me”. Today I am Also D.Y., who was sexually assaulted in one of the refugee camps in Darfur. She said: “I have been raped multiple times by a man dressed in formal attire. He threatened me that if I bring it to the ear of other women, he will know and will rape them too.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9417 (2023) · source
“Ms. Adil: I would like to thank the Albanian presidency for inviting me to address the Security Council today. I will focus on two main topics: first, accountability for the victims of war, specifically victims of conflict-related sexual violence during this tragic time in the Sudan and secondly, efforts to strengthen the participation of women in the political sphere in the Sudan and the importance of such efforts. It is a real honour to be here in the Chamber. I am here to represent all Sudanese women from all the regions of the Sudan. I speak on behalf of my sisters, brave mothers and colleagues in Sudanese civil society. We are all united in our demands and goals for the Security Council — the war must end now. However, condemning the war is not enough.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9417 (2023) · source