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Clare Hutchinson

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2020-07-17
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2021-04-14
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  1. “Ultimately, in tackling sexual violence in conflict, we do more than help individual victims; we set the tone for the respect for fundamental dignities and human rights that is the basis for freedom and essential for peace. By doing this, we can lay a foundation for lasting stability — a foundation that we can all play a part in building.”

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

  2. “It demoralizes, destabilizes and destroys individuals, communities and societies around the world. Preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence is not just a moral duty; it is critical to achieving durable peace and security. Actions that NATO has taken have made a real difference. But we all have a responsibility to do even more. That is why NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg has highlighted the importance of reinforcing our policy framework to strengthen the political foundation for our continued commitment to eliminating sexual violence in conflict. This is an urgent task to create the conditions for security that will allow everyone to live free from abuse and violence.”

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

  3. “And this is key — ridding the world of this blight will take concerted, cooperative effort among all those committed to peace and security. We have reaffirmed our international obligations to protecting women, girls, men and boys from sexual violence, and highlighted the need to develop further political and operational guidance on how to respond to such heinous crimes, including in relation to reporting. The scourge of sexual violence in and around conflict remains a pressing global challenge. Despite the definitions, resolutions, commitments, endorsements and financing dedicated to eradicating sexual violence, such intolerable crimes continue in numerous conflicts around the world today, where the bodies of so many women and men, girls and boys, are co-opted as part of the battlefield.”

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

  4. “Only by working closely with affected communities, including women’s groups, can we accurately and proactively identify conflict-related sexual violence threats and identify essential early-warning signs in areas of risk. Gender equality and the strengthening of women’s empowerment must be at the centre of every protection activity. There can be no protection without participation. Developing and maintaining high standards for ourselves is crucial and encouraging high standards in other militaries around the world is also essential. We have worked with many of our partner countries, strengthening our training on human rights and the protection of civilians, including against conflict-related sexual violence.”

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

  5. “The adoption of resolution 2467 (2019) acknowledges that structural gender inequality and discrimination are the root causes of sexual violence, while affirming the necessity for the participation and empowerment of women as the only viable route to sustainable peace and security. NATO has taken up the women and peace and security agenda and, over the years, our contributions to this work have increased, including in our understanding of the critical connections between gender equality and sustainable peace. We know that sexual violence does not happen in a vacuum. We recognize that we cannot combat this heinous crime if we do not understand the inequalities that lead to the destruction of women’s rights and their bodies.”

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

  6. “We have in place military guidelines on preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence, and we are in the process of drafting a formal NATO policy to bolster the political foundation on which this vital work stands. Conflict-related sexual violence continues to pose significant threats to global peace and security. It is a threat to its victims as well as to our core values of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law. We have a moral and operational imperative to address it. We recognize that understanding and responding to the grievous, systematic sexual abuse of women and girls in and around conflict is mission critical and essential to our operational effectiveness. We understand that sexual violence does not have to be an inevitable consequence of conflict. And we understand that we can help to drive change.”

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

  7. “State and non-State armed actors have used and continue to use sexual violence to intimidate, terrorize, displace and destroy. They see this tactic as both potent and profitable. The core mission of NATO over the past 72 years has been to safeguard freedom and security. Our work on the protection of civilians is key to that mission. Over the years, we have put in place polices, doctrine and capacity-building tools to enhance our ability to better protect populations at risk. We are shaping a human- security approach to our work, including through our policies on the protection of civilians and on combating trafficking in human beings.”

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

  8. “As a political and military alliance, NATO recognizes that sexual violence in conflict is not only a gross violation of human rights — it is also a real and persistent security challenge. This violence has consequences that increase the costs and complexities of armed conflict, rendering the prospects for peace and stability far more difficult. Wartime rape fuels displacement, weakens governance and destabilizes communities, thereby inhibiting post-conflict reconciliation and imperilling long-term stability. Despite the adoption of resolutions, policies and guidelines, not only does the problem of conflict-related sexual violence persist; it is evolving and growing. And, as we have seen, it is increasingly used as a tactic of terrorism.”

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

  9. “I thank you for the opportunity to make a statement at this open debate on sexual violence in conflict. I would like to start by recognizing and thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Patten for her continued leadership and commitment to this agenda. Since the adoption of resolution 1820 (2008), there has been growing public recognition that conflict-related sexual violence is used as a weapon of war against women and girls — and increasingly against men and boys. Sexual violence perpetuates conflict and instability. Its long-term, destructive nature has devastating effects, not only on survivors of this crime, but on entire communities.”

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

  10. “Ultimately, in tackling sexual violence against women and girls, we do more than help individual victims; we set the tone for the respect for fundamental dignities and human rights that is the foundation for freedom and essential for peace. By doing this we can lay a foundation for lasting stability — a foundation that we can all play a part in building.”

    2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source

  11. “And we also need military means, to defeat [those] that have sexual violence as an integral part of their strategy.” Preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence is not just a moral duty, it is critical to achieving durable peace and security. Actions that NATO has taken have made a real difference, but we all have a responsibility to do even more. That is why Secretary General Stoltenberg has highlighted the importance of reinforcing our policy framework to strengthen the political foundation for our continued commitment to eliminating sexual violence in conflict. This is an urgent task to create the conditions for security that will allow women and girls to live free from abuse and violence. And as with so many threats to peace and security, we can tackle this best by working together.”

    2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source

  12. “It demoralizes, destabilizes and destroys individuals, communities and societies across the world. Where a culture of impunity exists, the many survivors of sexual violence in conflict may never see justice for what they have endured. Where such injustices go unpunished, they become part of the cycle of violence that perpetuates conflict. As the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg highlighted in his opening remarks at the NATO Digital Dialogue on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence last month, “We need legal instruments to reveal the atrocities, hold the perpetrators accountable and bring justice to the victims. Impunity is not an option.”

    2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source

  13. “We reaffirmed our international obligations to protecting women, girls, men and boys from sexual violence and highlighted the need to further develop clear political and operational guidance on how to respond to this heinous crime, including in relation to reporting. While we have seen an increase in the recognition and understanding of conflict-related sexual violence and the risks it poses to peace and security, the scourge of sexual violence in and around conflict remains a pressing global protection challenge. Despite the definitions, resolutions, commitments, endorsements and financing dedicated to eradicating sexual violence, this intolerable crime continues in numerous conflicts around the globe today, where the bodies of so many women, men, girls and boys are co-opted as part of the battlefield.”

    2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source

  14. “These also affirm to commanders their leadership responsibility in preventing and responding to sexual violence. To ensure that we are prepared to carry out our responsibility, we continue to integrate the prevention of and response to conflict-related sexual violence into our contingency planning, exercises, education and training. Developing standards for ourselves is important, and how we encourage high standards in other militaries around the world is also essential. In many of our partner countries, we have strengthened our training on human rights and the protection of civilians, including against conflict-related sexual violence. Earlier this year, NATO’s Joint Forces Command Naples conducted a workshop focused on the Alliance’s commitment to the prevention of and response to conflict- related sexual violence.”

    2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source

  15. “The awareness that sexual violence perpetuates conflict and instability is now entrenched in our collective thinking, as is the understanding of the long-term destructive nature of sexual violence as a deliberate tactic of war and the devastating effect that this has not only on women and girls, but on entire communities. NATO understands that protection is at the core of the women and peace and security mandate. It has become central to our efforts to protect civilians in all our missions and operations. We recognize that understanding and responding to the grievous, systematic sexual abuse of women and girls in and around conflict are mission critical and essential to our operational effectiveness. NATO has military guidelines, as well as a supplementary directive, to guide the Alliance’s response to conflict-related sexual violence.”

    2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source

  16. “I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to make a statement at this open debate on sexual violence in conflict. The adoption of the women and peace and security resolutions, beginning with resolution 1325 (2000) 20 years ago, established a new path in protecting women and girls against sexual violence. The continued work of the Council, through the adoption of additional resolutions focused on protection from sexual violence in conflict, has made clear that preventing such violence and protecting women and girls, as well as men and boys, must be a priority. There is now global recognition that conflict-related sexual violence threatens international peace and security.”

    2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source