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  1. “Our response ought to be holistic and centred on the survivors. We must support communities in Myanmar and in Bangladesh, but most importantly we must ensure that reproductive health, psychosocial and legal services are available to these communities, as well as the sensitive and coordinated documentation of cases. We must act together within the United Nations and other institutions to defend the rights of all people to live free of sexual violence and abuse.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  2. “Our duty is to remove the barriers of oppression and discrimination. Societies in which women and girls have an equal voice and equal rights benefit from equal opportunities and live in equal safety and security are far more likely to reject sexual violence. Canada is grateful to Special Representative Patten for her efforts to raise alarm about sexual violence trends globally. We appreciate the work done by the United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict. We also thank civil society organizations - many of which are represented here today - for the ongoing good work they are doing to stop sexual violence and hold its perpetrators to account. Civil society and the women's movement are the backbone of our societies. Canada calls for justice for the survivors of such horrific crimes.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  3. “It is why we call on the Council to ensure that the issues of women's rights and sexual violence are consistently and adequately addressed when establishing and renewing the mandates of United Nations peacekeeping and political missions. Among its five objectives, Canada's national action plan on women and peace and security focuses on preventing, responding to and ending impunity for sexual and gender-based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse. It seeks to meet the specific needs of women and girls in humanitarian settings, including the upholding oftheir sexual rights and access to sexual and reproductive health services. Through our action plan, we want to empower women and girls economically, socially and politically so that their voice can be amplified. We know they are powerful agents of change.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  4. “Through its feminist international assistance policy, Canada is supporting UN-Women to rapidly deploy experts to ensure that international organizations and transitional justice processes are able to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict-affected States. This includes deploying a sexual and gender-based violence investigator to the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar. Accountability for crimes of this nature must be our priority. That is why we urge the Security Council to systematically incorporate sexual violence as a specific designation criterion in United Nations sanctions regimes where such crimes are persistently perpetrated.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  5. “I cannot emphasize enough that these horrific actions must be addressed directly by the international community, for there can be no impunity for those who inflict such callous and indiscriminate violence against a civilian population. Rape has been used as a weapon of war against the Rohingya. Our briefers have spoken of this heinous violence and Canada's Special Envoy, Mr. Bob Rae, also spoke of this tragic reality in the report he published earlier this month. All United Nations and international institutions must be mobilized to bring the perpetrators to justice. Today's debate is of critical importance. We are hopeful that together we can find a way to ease the suffering of all those affected by this crisis.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  6. “Their movements within refugee camps are often restricted for fear of being abducted for trafficking or forced marriage, harassment and sexual violence. As Ms. Patten reported to the Council in December 2017, every woman or girl she spoke with during her visit to the camps and settlements in Bangladesh "reported having either endured or witnessed sexual violence... rape, gang-rape by multiple soldiers, forced public nudity and humiliation, and sexual slavery in military captivity... There are indications that this pattern of widespread and systematic sexual violence has been used as a tool of dehumanization and collective punishment" (S/PV8133, p. 4). I thank Ms. Patten and the rest of today's briefers for being a voice for survivors and for their courage and leadership.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  7. “Canada is particularly alarmed by the plight of Rohingya women and girls in Myanmar and Bangladesh. For the first time this year, the Secretary-General's report specifically names the Myanmar Armed Forces for engaging in patterns of sexual violence in conflict. Women there have talked about suffering sexual trauma at the hands of both the Myanmar military and those who support it. Canada has already sanctioned Major General Maung Maung Soe under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act for his role in the oppression, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar. Even after fleeing Myanmar, many women and girls continue to face gender-based violence.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  8. “As a result, Canada made a commitment last year to providing assistance to over 1,200 vulnerable Yazidi women and children and other survivors of Da'esh by resettling them in Canada. This was an important decision that we can be proud of. But sexual violence in conflict continues around the world. As the Secretary-General highlights in his report, "[w]ars are still being fought on and over the bodies of women" (S/2018/250, para. 9). Women in conflict stand as courageous survivors of violence, not victims. We must harness their resilience, their determination and their innovative solutions to find ways to end conflict. We commend the courageous women who lead us out of conflict, but we must resolve collectively to ensure that these crimes stop.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  9. “We meet at a time of great uncertainty in the world, where an astounding proportion of the global population is living with conflict every day. These people are not living at the outer edges of conflict, but are fully immersed in the ugliness of war. The year 2017 was an alarming reminder of how the rise in conflict and violent extremism continues to trigger patterns of sexual violence. The disproportionate effect of violent extremism on women and girls is evident in many conflicts. It was especially brought to the fore of Canadians' minds when we heard of the terrible atrocities carried out by Da'esh, including against Yazidis, who suffered a particularly high level of violence.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  10. “Fundamentally, we are of the View that systemic gender-based discrimination, such as the exclusion of women from political life, economic marginalization and discriminatory systems ofboth formal and informal law, is conducive to sexual violence in conflict. Any serious effort to address sexual violence in conflict must confront this fact. Lastly, we condemn in the strongest terms cases of sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping operations and in international assistance, as well as sexual harassment within the United Nations. We encourage the Secretary-General to ensure that common standards are developed and implemented across all United Nations entities to better prevent and respond to all cases of sexual exploitation and abuse. Please allow me to make some additional points as Canada's representative.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  11. “We emphatically call on the Security Council to explicitly include sexual violence as a designation criterion within United Nations sanctions regimes where such crimes are persistently perpetrated. Relevant sanctions committees should also be supported by dedicated gender and sexual violence expertise and draw on information from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. In all our efforts to ensure accountability, we must not lose sight of the needs and rights of survivors of sexual violence in conflict. Greater efforts are needed at all levels to ensure that survivors have access to the full range of livelihood, social, legal, psychosocial and non-discriminatory medical services to promote their rehabilitation and reintegration into their communities.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  12. “Amnesties should not be granted to perpetrators of sexual violence, and sexual violence should be explicitly prohibited by the terms ofceasefires and peace agreements. We recognize the invaluable contribution of the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict to building national capacities to enhance accountability for conflict-related sexual violence. We welcome the landmark ruling of the International Criminal Court in the case of Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda, and note the recent surrendering of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, wanted for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Mali, including rape and sexual slavery. In contrast, it is disconcerting that not a single member of Da'esh or Boko Haram has been prosecuted for sexual Violence crimes to date.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  13. “Justice and accountability are means of prevention. Indeed, a climate of impunity discourages reporting, undermines assistance and abets further violations. We therefore call for accountability for crimes of sexual violence in armed conflict. This in turn requires effective investigation and documentation, legal assistance for the victims of sexual violence, and adequate legal and evidentiary frameworks to prosecute such crimes. Moreover, accountability for and the prevention of sexual violence should be included in peace agreements, including, where appropriate, in transitional justice mechanisms promoting justice, truth, reparations and measures to prevent their recurrence.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  14. “We encourage the Security Council to give due consideration to the early warning signs of sexual violence in its monitoring of conflict situations. Indeed, preventing sexual Violence is part of conflict prevention and sustaining peace. We must ensure that related expertise, including gender advisers and women protection advisers, are provided with the access and resources needed to fulfil their critical tasks in peacekeeping operations. Cooperation with local civil society organizations can also help identify precursors, risks and prevention and protection strategies for sexual violence in conflict. Furthermore, the implementation ofjoint communiques, action plans and national policies to curb conflict-related sexual violence play an essential role and we are encouraged by the progress of a number of States in this regard.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  15. “We are outraged by the persistent and widespread occurrence of sexual violence in armed conflict by State and non-State actors. Sexual violence is being used as a tactic of warfare and a tactic of terrorism and is a flagrant and unacceptable violation of international humanitarian law and of international human rights law. Among the many concerning country situations documented in the latest report of the Secretary- General (S/2018/250), the sexual violence inflicted against the Rohingya is especially appalling. It demands a swift and concerted response from the international community, including in meeting the needs of the survivors of such violations and bringing those responsible to justice. Above all, we must do more to prevent sexual violence in conflict from occurring in the first place.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  16. “It is my distinct pleasure to participate in this open debate on sexual violence in conflict. Let me begin by expressing my gratitude to Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their briefings, and to our Peruvian counterparts for the work they have put into the organization of this year's debate. I also want to sincerely thank Ms. Sultana for her courageous work and her powerful testimony. Canada is supportive of her activism and stands with her. Today I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security, an informal network of 54 interested Member States chaired by Canada and representing all five regional groups of the United Nations.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source