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Mara Marinaki

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2020-07-17
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  1. “With that in mind, the EU is co-leading the Action Coalition focusing on ending gender-based violence under the Generation Equality Forum, which offers a good opportunity to renew and combine our efforts to end sexual violence in peace as well as in conflict.”

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

  2. “We have also mobilized €15 million for direct and flexible support to women’s and grassroots organizations in sub-Saharan Africa, through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, and in Haiti, Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea, through the Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund. Finally, the Secretary-General’s recent report makes it clear that there is still a long way to go before sexual violence is effectively stamped out across the world. Sadly, despite all our achievements, cases of sexual violence remain all too numerous. Let us change that. Let us do more and better, together.”

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

  3. “In Colombia, Kosovo and the Philippines, the EU has supported programmes prioritizing help for victims and increasing the effectiveness of transitional justice processes aimed at building a more just and stable society. In Colombia, we are supporting the work of Colombian human rights defenders. Justice must be accompanied by reparations to allow survivors to rebuild their lives and recover from their traumas. The EU was one of the first contributors to the Global Survivors Fund launched by Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege last year, with an envelope of €2 million.”

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

  4. “Justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence and crimes are still too often the exception. At a time when the rules-based international order is facing increased pressure, it is more important than ever to strengthen the international criminal justice system and bring an end to impunity for sexual violence and the vicious cycle impunity engenders. The EU and its member States reaffirm their full support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and invite all States that have not yet done so to consider joining the ICC to end impunity for the most serious crimes, including conflict-related sexual crimes.”

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

  5. “An example of which we are proud of is the European Union Training Mission in Mali, where Malian soldiers and officers receive mandatory sexual and gender-based violence and international humanitarian law training as part of their regular training curriculum. Incentives must be accompanied by decisive measures to deter and prevent sexual violence. The EU regrets that the level of compliance by conflicting parties with current Security Council resolutions remains very limited. This is unacceptable. We call on the Security Council to use sanctions and other targeted measures to enhance compliance. Inclusion of sexual violence as stand-alone designation criterion in existing sanctions regimes has proven an effective tool for both prevention and accountability. Today, 17 July, is the Day of International Criminal Justice.”

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

  6. “While humanitarian emergencies affect entire communities, the consequences are most severely felt by women and girls. We are concerned that sexual and gender- based violence remains among the most underfunded humanitarian appeals. In 2019, the EU allocated approximately €26 million of its humanitarian aid budget to preventing and responding to gender-based violence worldwide, and an additional €20 million was allocated for reproductive health. We call on all States Members of the United Nations to step up support for gender-responsive programming. Awareness-raising is essential to transforming gender stereotypes and social norms and to preventing sexual violence.”

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

  7. “The EU remains committed to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights and to the full and effective implementation of Beijing Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the outcomes of their review conferences and, in this context, remains committed to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The EU has taken concrete actions to prevent and respond to conflict-related sexual violence based on a holistic approach. Through the EU-United Nations Spotlight Initiative, many projects have been launched to scale up existing hotlines, provide shelters and reinforce the capacity of the health, justice and other sectors. With funding of €500 million, Spotlight is the largest global investment in eliminating violence against women and girls.”

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

  8. “Responses must take into account the root causes of gender-based violence and must follow an intersectional approach, taking into account the specific challenges of those suffering from multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. This includes also recognizing the agency of women and girls in shaping the response. The past months have shown the importance of investing massively in the health sector to ensure immediate support to victims and survivors. Comprehensive health services, which include access to sexual- and reproductive-health, mental- health and psychological support for victims, are a fundamental part of a survivor- centred approach.”

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

  9. “We express our gratitude to these champions, most often women, whose work and advocacy have been an essential part of everything that has been achieved to date. Gender matters in humanitarian settings because women, girls, boys and men are affected by crises and conflicts in different ways. They have different needs, suffer from different vulnerabilities and face particular risks, but do not necessarily have access to the same resources and services. Furthermore, they develop diverse coping or survival mechanisms and possess specific capacities to support their families and communities during and after disasters and conflict.”

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

  10. “As EU High Representative Josep Borrell and the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten stressed in their joint statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we must now move from words to action in order to prevent that such violence occurs. We need to protect victims, hold perpetrators to account and guarantee access to justice, reparations and redress for survivors. In line with the survivor-centred approach defined by resolution 2467 (2019) and previously adopted resolutions, we will put the needs of victims and survivors at the front and centre of our actions. In this respect, we recognize the important work done by civil society actors, human rights defenders and peacebuilders, who are often putting their lives at risk to fight injustice.”

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

  11. “The EU and its member States are determined to show political leadership and make all efforts to fill these gaps in compliance. While the Secretary-General’s report was finalized before the COVID-19 outbreak, the pandemic has provided fresh evidence that such crises exacerbate and amplify structural gender inequalities. Recent data have confirmed an increased level of gender-based violence in general, including a rise in domestic violence under quarantine. We must therefore put the safety of women and girls first in our response to COVID-19.”

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

  12. “This anniversary year for resolution 1325 (2000), which marks the 20 years since the Security Council recognized the relationship between the rights and safety of women and international peace and security, has been disrupted by the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Yet this will not deter us. We will adapt and continue to work resolutely for the comprehensive implementation of the women and peace and security agenda and its interrelated pillars of women’s rights, agency and safety. It is alarming that, as the Secretary-General points out in his latest report on Sexual Violence in Conflict, “the level of compliance by all parties to conflict with the resolutions of the Security Council remains low after a decade of concerted focus” (S/2020/487, para. 74).”

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

  13. “I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States. The candidate countries the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, the country of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidate Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, align themselves with this statement. We thank Germany and the Dominican Republic for keeping this important topic on the agenda of the Security Council. We owe this to all victims and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. They expect us to move resolutely from commitments to compliance on sexual violence in conflict until the day when there are no longer any cases of these crimes.”

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