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2012-02-23
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  1. “President, your colleagues on the Security Council and all other members of the international community to take the urgent action on conflict-related sexual violence that we have outlined here today, namely, prioritizing prevention, ensuring a survivor-centric approach and strengthening justice and accountability efforts.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  2. “Furthermore, in their own work in the Security Council or in the United Nations, members should ensure that they are working to fulfil the obligations of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009) and 1960 (2010). That includes ensuring that all country reports and mandate renewals are truly responsive to the protection and promotion of women's human rights. In conclusion, on behalf of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security and on my own behalf as a Libyan woman, I would like to ask you, Mr.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  3. “On conflict-related sexual violence specifically, we note that the Secretary-General's current report does not reference a number of relevant situations where sexual violence has been perpetrated. Those include Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, the occupied Palestinian territories and Haiti, among others. We urge the Secretary-General to take all measures to ensure that all relevant countries are included in future reports. Furthermore, we condemn the perpetration of sexual exploitation and abuse, which are all too often committed with impunity. In civil society, we are often at the forefront of combating sexual violence from the grassroots to the international level. We encourage all actors to support civil society at all levels in all areas of that work.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  4. “Measures must include improved vetting of reintegrated soldiers and bringing suspected perpetrators to justice, in domestic courts where possible or through referral of situations to the International Criminal Court and other international courts for prosecution. Where those systems are failing survivors, comprehensive reforms should be mandatory. Maintaining the full dignity of survivors must be at the core of all of these processes. As a Libyan, I want to emphasize the need to hold accountable all parties involved in any act of sexual violence, and to prosecute them accordingly. That includes politicians and military commanders who order or permit such acts as a weapon of war, as well as those who commit the crime. I would like to state our concern regarding all situations where women's rights continue to be violated.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  5. “Service and protection strategies must be designed in full consultation with women and affected communities. Particular attention must be paid to the rights and concerns of women and girls, who are often at increased risk in displacement settings, as the current report notes in many cases, including Somalia, Darfur in the Sudan, and Sri Lanka. Thirdly, survivors demand nothing less than justice and an end to impunity. Accountability for crimes of sexual violence must be included at every stage, from ceasefire agreements to all aspects of post-conflict reconstruction. That is central both to preventing future crimes of sexual Violence against women and to the healing of societies. At both the national and international levels, security sectors and judicial systems must address the culture of impunity for these crimes.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  6. “Those root causes include gender inequality, political exclusion, social and cultural stigma, militarization and the proliferation of arms. Women's human rights and full participation cannot be ignored. In fact, women's full and equal participation is fundamental to addressing those root causes, and therefore to preventing sexual violence in conflicts. Secondly, when prevention efforts fail, survivors must be the priority of all service provision and protection. The survivor-centric approach must encompass the provision of medical, psychological, legal and other services to survivors, as well as effective avenues for reparations and redress. We support the recommendations in the Secretary- General's report in that regard, and we strongly call on all actors to make that a reality.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  7. “After the mass rapes in Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2010, the Council stated that all possible steps should be taken to prevent such outrages in the future. Given the political, technical and financial resources required, can we say that all possible steps have been taken to prevent conflict- related sexual Violence? Can we say that to women, girls and their communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, or to the survivors in my country, Libya? Can we say that to the rest of the world? Have Member States and the United Nations invested all available political, technical and financial resources to prevent further atrocities? If not, why not? We urge all actors to address the root causes of sexual violence.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  8. “This represents a collective failure of the international community to effectively respond to the threat. Addressing conflict-related sexual violence requires powerful and urgent leadership at the international, regional and local levels. That leadership is essential across the United Nations system and from every Member State. Today, I will address three key areas in which leadership is essential: prioritizing prevention, ensuring a survivor-centric approach, and strengthening justice and accountability. First and foremost, the prevention of conflict- related sexual violence is paramount and must be the Council's priority on this issue. The Security Council itself has underlined the importance of prevention.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  9. “That includes the efforts of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. We welcome the analysis and recommendations contained in the latest Secretary- 12-2393] General's Report (S/2012/33) on conflict-related sexual violence. As the report makes clear, sexual violence is often used as a weapon to torture, terrorize and threaten peace. It is important to remember that each paragraph of the report represents human beings - women, men, children and communities affected by that threat to peace and security. That includes individuals from my community who, like most Victims, have not received and likely will not receive proper services, protection, acknowledgement, justice or accountability.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source

  10. “I am speaking on behalf of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, a civil society coalition that advocates for the equal and full participation of women in all efforts to create and maintain peace and security. That work includes the promotion of women's human rights and combating sexual violence. I am also here in my capacity as president of the Attawasul Association, a Libyan non-governmental organization in Benghazi working on women's empowerment. I have lived through the Violence imposed on the Libyan people by a brutal dictator for 42 years. That includes the intensified aggression after the 17 February revolution, in which sexual violence was used as a weapon of war. We appreciate the ongoing work of numerous actors to combat Violence against women.”

    2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722 (2012) · source