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  1. “And while effective investigations and prosecutions at the national level are potentially powerful tools to deter future crimes by closing the impunity gap, they are often stymied by lack of resources, willingness and capacity. We must therefore strengthen national judicial systems to investigate and prosecute grave Violations, including those against children. We support the Secretary-General's recommendation to States to enact appropriate national legislation to criminalize grave violations against children in that respect. We call upon the international donor community, United Nations agencies and other partners to support Member States in developing and strengthening national capacity for those purposes.”

    2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source

  2. “Estonia agrees with the Secretary-General that amnesties should not be applied to individuals who recruited or recruit children. While Mr. Lubanga's conviction is a landmark, more must be done to address the problem globally. We call on all States that have not yet done so to join the Rome Statute ofthe ICC. States should also extend their full cooperation to the ICC, including by identifying and locating witnesses, arresting and surrendering accused persons in their territories, and cooperating in the implementation of reparations to the victims. Even in ideal circumstances, international courts and tribunals can hope to prosecute only a small number of perpetrators.”

    2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source

  3. “Those convictions are important steps in advancing the rights of children by lending credence to the international community's commitment to ending impunity for the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. Moreover, those verdicts are a powerful warning signal to perpetrators, having thus a deterrent effect. Ms. Coomaraswamy stated in 2010, when she gave her testimony as expert witness before the International Criminal Court (ICC), that the ICC's prosecution of the crime of child recruitment encouraged many groups to approach the United Nations to negotiate action plans for the release of children from their ranks. That illustrates the important effects that criminal proceedings against perpetrators of the worst human rights violations can have.”

    2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source

  4. “Estonia calls upon all parties involved in the conflict to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and protect children. Often, perpetrators of grave Violations against children in situations of armed conflict enjoy impunity. Currently, 53 parties are listed in the annexes to the Secretary-General's report on children and armed conflict. We are alarmed that this year the number of persistent perpetrators has doubled to 32. However, there is also reason for hope. In addition to the progress made on signing action plans to end the recruitment of child soldiers, we welcome the two milestone verdicts against Thomas Lubanga and Charles Taylor.”

    2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source

  5. “Estonia is applying for membership to the Council for the years 2013 to 2015, and looks forward to advancing the agenda of children's rights as a member of the Human Rights Council, if elected. Estonia strongly condemns all kinds of violence against children and violations of children's rights. We are very concerned about the reports of children being tortured and targeted in Syria. According to the Chair of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Paulo Pinheiro, who presented the Commission's last report only two days ago in Geneva, "Gross violations of human rights have grown in number, in pace and in scale. Civilians, many of them children, are bearing the brunt of the spiraling Violence". He also pointed out that half ofthe 1.2 million internally displaced persons are children.”

    2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source

  6. “Zerrougui of our full support. Estonia welcomes the Secretary-General's report (S/2012/261) on which today's debate primarily focuses. We believe it is of utmost importance that the Secretary-General's report continue to be delivered in its current form, with both annexes. The rights of the child are one of Estonia's human rights priorities. The United Nations has an important role to play in advocating and protecting the global system of human rights standards, including the rights of the child. There are a range of tools that the United Nations system, including its principal organs, has to either prevent or react to human rights violations - the Human Rights Council is one of the most important of them.”

    2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source

  7. “First, I would like to join others by thanking the Security Council for organizing this open debate today and by expressing gratitude to the President of the Council for his continuous efforts as Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. That is an issue that certainly deserves the attention of the Security Council, the body with the primary responsibility for international peace and security. We also welcome resolution 2068 (2012) adopted today. Estonia fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union earlier today. Allow me also to convey our gratitude to the former Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, for her valuable work, and to welcome Ms. Leila Zerrougui to her new post. We assure Ms.”

    2012-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6838Resumption1 (2012) · source

  8. “In conclusion, I would express my sincere hope that today's debate will contribute to enhanced compliance with international humanitarian law and human rights law, including by strengthening of accountability at both the national and international levels, and by putting an end to impunity.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  9. “International humanitarian law provides for safe, rapid and unimpeded access of humanitarian personnel and delivery of supplies. Estonia urges all parties in situations of armed conflict, State and non- State actors alike, to comply with international humanitarian law. Yet, access to affected populations in need and the safety of humanitarian workers, including locally hired personnel, continue to be a major concern and a challenge that seriously affects humanitarian operations. Estonia commends the efforts of the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the International Committee of the Red Cross to facilitate and negotiate access to emergency areas with all parties to a conflict, most recently in Syria, where up to 1.5 million people need humanitarian assistance.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  10. “Estonia agrees with the Secretary-General that the Council should consider how to support reparation payments and national reparation programmes, given its potential role in authorizing the use of assets frozen under the sanctions regimes. Estonia would also like to commend the Secretary-General for drawing the attention of the Council and Member States to another important aspect, namely, humanitarian access in armed conflicts. More than 1.5 billion people live in fragile or conflict-affected States. It is the primary responsibility of States to care for the victims of humanitarian emergencies within their own borders. Yet, the survival of millions of people, including internally displaced persons and refugees forced to leave their homes due to conflicts around the world today, depends on outside humanitarian assistance.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  11. “Estonia further appreciates the Secretary-General's encouragement of the Security Council to develop a checklist to guide its engagement with the ICC when it considers the possibility of referrals. But referring a situation to the ICC is only the first step in ensuring accountability; the cooperation with the Court, which should follow, is equally important. Therefore, we call upon the Council to continue to engage with situations after their referral to the Court. Reparations, including restitution and rehabilitation, for individual victims and affected communities are also an important aspect of accountability.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  12. “Estonia supports the Secretary-General's recommendation of establishing commissions of inquiry into situations where international law, especially international humanitarian law, is being violated and, when appropriate, to refer such situations to the ICC. Recently, the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, mandated by the Human Rights Council, stated in its report (A/HRC/ 19/69) that there are clear indications that crimes against humanity are taking place in Syria. Estonia joins the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navanethem Pillay, in calling on the Security Council to address this issue in a more systematic and proactive way, and to refer the situation in Syria to the ICC.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  13. “Estonia commends the Secretary-General for dedicating a substantial part of his report to accountability. Where national authorities fail to protect their own people and hold perpetrators accountable, the international community must take responsibility in order to save lives and provide justice and redress to victims. The Security Council bears a special responsibility under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations and should take a more active stance in ensuring an appropriate international response, including referring situations to the International Criminal Court (ICC) when appropriate.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  14. “By the same token, we welcome the Council's ongoing contribution to the protection of those groups and continue to support the enhancement and empowerment of the invaluable work conducted by the Secretary-General's Special Representatives, Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom and Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy. Estonia acknowledges that the primary responsibility to protect their people lies with the States themselves. At the same time, international humanitarian and human rights laws must be obeyed not only by national authorities but by all parties involved. The international community can do more in enforcing compliance, both at the national and international levels. We consider the increased use of accountability mechanisms to be one of the most important tools to enhance compliance with international law by all parties to a conflict.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  15. “At the same time, as the current report acknowledges, the situation on the ground continues to be characterized by the frequent failure of parties to armed conflict to comply with their obligations under applicable international humanitarian law and human rights law. In many regions and countries in crisis, as well as in the numerous long-lasting "frozen" conflicts, civilians, especially the most vulnerable groups - such as women and children - are still the main victims of armed conflict, hence the hundreds of thousands of refugees and persons suffering forced displacement. With that in mind, Estonia condemns all forms of violence, including sexual violence, and especially the violence committed against children.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  16. “Estonia welcomes this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts and thanks the presidency for organizing it. Estonia fully aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union. We thank the Secretary-General for his timely report (S/2012/376) and for the recommendations contained therein. The Secretary-General rightly underlines the need to focus greater attention on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts and the need to take more decisive action in that regard. We welcome the positive developments, which are based on the results of the Secretary-General's previous reports.”

    2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source

  17. “We also expect that UN-Women will play an active role in helping to turn the principles of resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security from words on paper into reality. I would also like to extend our appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict for their involvement.”

    2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642Resumption1 (2011) · source

  18. “We welcome the United Nations strategic results framework and the set of indicators on women and peace and security, which guide the implementation of resolutions, and we also welcome the comprehensive report on the NATO/ Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council policy on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and related resolutions. In addition, we believe that the International Criminal Court has an important role to play in ending impunity in crimes against women. Finally, let me note our appreciation of the work of Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN-Women, whose leadership in that role is of crucial importance to the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).”

    2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642Resumption1 (2011) · source

  19. “The Action Plan also seeks to raise general awareness and interest in gender-related issues in our own society and to increase gender-related expertise. We support women's participation in posts related to peace and security and will take further steps to increase women's participation in military, police and rescue services. In the future, we would like to integrate the gender perspective into our pre-mission training even more. It is also our aim to consider gender-related issues during the general training of officers and non-commissioned officers. At the international level, we want resolution 1325 (2000) to remain an important political subject in the United Nations, OSCE, the European Union and NATO in an ongoing way.”

    2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642Resumption1 (2011) · source

  20. “One of the countries closely connected to the implementation of our Action Plan has been Afghanistan, where NATO and Estonia have jointly endeavoured to promote the involvement and advancement of women. In November 2010, Estonia organized an international conference, entitled "Women, Peace and Security - the Afghan View", focused on the cooperation between national and international contributors. The National Action Plan also includes Estonia's commitments regarding resolution 1325 (2000) that stem from our role as a contributor to international peace and security through our active participation in international civilian and military operations, as a donor country and a member of the European Union, NATO, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations.”

    2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642Resumption1 (2011) · source

  21. “The involvement of women in peacekeeping operations and conflict prevention is of the utmost importance to ensure the success of the operations, as it is the only way to reach the whole population. In October of last year Estonia adopted its first National Action Plan for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and its follow-up resolutions, which sets out our priorities for the future. We are now in the process of reviewing the implementation of the Action Plan over the past year. The purpose of the National Action Plan is to ensure that Estonia's international military and civil contributions and development cooperation take women's needs systematically into account. It contains commitments to include the gender perspective in those activities.”

    2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642Resumption1 (2011) · source

  22. “My delegation fully aligns itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of the European Union. At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for the encouraging remarks he made this morning. For a start, I would like to emphasize that women's security is part of overall peace and security and that women can contribute to peace processes and are very able to do so. Here, I would like to use the same quotation of Aristotle that the Estonian President used during the General Assembly's general debate this year (see A/66/PV.11, p. 47). Aristotle noted that where the state of women is bad, almost half of human life is spoiled. That is no less true today - and it will remain so. I therefore welcome this Security Council debate to discuss women's participation and role in conflict prevention and mediation.”

    2011-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6642Resumption1 (2011) · source