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2019-04-23

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1. “At the same time, the normative framework for combating sexual violence has been steadily improving for 20 years. The evidence is there. The documentation exists. What is the human community waiting for to see justice done for the Victims? We urge the decision makers and officials here today to adopt draft resolution S/2019/328 and thereby demonstrate the courage and political will needed to bridge the current gap between the law and actual practice and contribute to building a better world free of sexual violence in times of conflict.”

   2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

2. “We hope that the international community will commit to establishing a fund to address the needs of survivors and fill the current gaps in the legal system at the national and international levels. Such a mechanism would include funding to provide reparation programmes and projects in countries that either ignore their responsibilities or need support in fulfilling them. There can be no lasting peace without justice or as long as States fail to listen to women victims with dignity or involve them fully in peacebuilding and social reconstruction. Everywhere I go in the world, the words of survivors - such as Nadia Murad, my fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate - are being heard, and their testimonies are living proof. We cannot remain indifferent to their cries.”

   2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

3. “We encourage all efforts to combat impunity at both the national and international levels, as well as the use of special tribunals, which we hope to see in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in every country in a similar situation. We will also continue to advocate for the implementation of transitional justice tools. In countries striving to emerge from violence and dictatorships, security institutions and forces must be cleaned up, and victims have a right not just to quality care but to truth and justice. Reparations do not just complete the process of healing and reintegrating victims, they enable society to recognize the pain that has been inflicted, combat stigma, discrimination and gender inequality, and prevent crimes of sexual violence from recurring.”

   2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

4. “I take this opportunity to remind the Council that such care for victims mustbe considered as a human right to rehabilitation, in accordance with resolution 2106 (2013). Our experience shows us that the healing process for survivors is only complete when justice is done. That is why we fully support the recommendations of the Secretary-General's report (S/20l9/280) and the work ofhis Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Similarly, we welcome the initiative taken by Germany to introduce a new resolution, as it places particular emphasis on the need for recognition of the status of children born of rape and a comprehensive survivor-centred approach, as well as the need to apply sanctions, bring justice, demand accountability and provide reparations.”

   2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

5. “We support all initiatives aimed at establishing a red line against those barbaric acts of which we have been first-hand witnesses for too long, and we hope to see the United Nations and individual States adopting sanctions against the perpetrators and instigators of sexual violence in armed conflict. We believe that local civil society organizations must be fully involved in early warning and rapid response mechanisms and in the collection of data on sexual crimes that would be channelled to centres for monitoring sexual violence established at the local, national, regional and global levels, which would relay them as soon as possible to the review mechanisms of the United Nations sanctions committees. In Panzi, we have developed a model ofholistic care that includes medical, psychological, socio-economic and legal assistance.”

   2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

6. “Since the adoption of resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2009), the link between sexual violence and international peace and security has been clearly established and rape as a strategy ofwar has been fully recognized as a war crime, a crime against humanity and even as a constituent act of the crime of genocide. That is a remarkable step forward, because before a problem can be addressed it must first of all be recognized. Thanks to those legal developments, no political or military leader today can ignore or neglect the fact that it is contrary to international law to use rape and sexual violence as a weapon of domination and terror.”

   2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

7. “I would like to thank you, Sir, for inviting me to take the floor during this open debate on sexual violence in conflict. Allow me first of all to share with the Security Council a recollection engraved in my memory following my first statement to the Council more than 10 years ago. A diplomat from a permanent member State had asked, "Why are we talking about this subject here?" That memory reminds us that we have come a long way in addressing this subject, which is understood to affect our common conscience and humanity and is intimately linked to international peace and security. I welcome the Security Council's willingness to continue to place the item "Women and peace and security" at the centre of the international community's attention and on its agenda.”

   2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source