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Nadia Carine Therese Fornel-Poutou

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  1. “Survivors, in particular, need a functioning, effective and gender-sensitive justice system and other mechanisms to bring perpetrators to justice and provide reparations to survivors. Lastly, the Council must inquire about the efforts of the peacekeeping mission, in line with its solid women and peace and security mandate, to address this critical gap in services and justice for survivors and to ensure the equal and meaningful participation of women in the peace and electoral processes, including in the implementation of the peace agreement and in the upcoming presidential election. We look forward to working together for a future without sexual violence in the Central African Republic.”

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

  2. “Thirdly, we ask members of the Security Council to support the development of the judicial system by strengthening the Joint Rapid Intervention and Repression Unit, which fights sexual and gender-based violence, so that it is autonomous and able to objectively handle the cases submitted to it; supporting the ordinary national courts and the Special Criminal Court by encouraging them to consider cases of conflict-related sexual violence with the utmost attention and ensure the protection of survivors and witnesses throughout the judicial process; and, finally, advocating for conflict-related sexual violence to be given special attention by all transitional justice mechanisms, judicial and non-judicial alike.”

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

  3. “Secondly, we ask members of the Security Council to support local civil society organizations by strengthening their efforts — in particular those of women’s rights organizations — for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in their economic empowerment and reintegration into society; consulting local organizations in a meaningful way so as to improve and ensure access to United Nations mechanisms for the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence; and strengthening investments in holistic care for survivors, for example, by investing in funding for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and access to justice.”

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

  4. “We ask the members of the Security Council to ensure that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic will effectively ensure the protection of civilians against serious violations of international humanitarian law, as stipulated in its mandate and strengthen the Central African Armed Forces and the internal security forces so as to ensure their effectiveness, inclusiveness and accountability, especially on sexual and gender- based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse violations.”

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

  5. “The issue of security remains a major concern for true and fair justice in the Central Africa Republic, where perpetrators and survivors of these crimes live side by side in the community. Impunity cannot be fought in a context of insecurity, nor can we talk about justice in a context where weapons circulate freely.”

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

  6. “Since the beginning of the crisis, protection services have been either dysfunctional or absent entirely. Measures have been taken by the Government with the support of the international community, including the creation and establishment of a State structure, the Joint Rapid Intervention and Repression Unit for Sexual Violence against Women and Children, and the creation and operationalization of the Special Criminal Court. The reform of the justice sector contributes to the restoration of the authority of the State and the confidence of the population in the justice system. Similarly, the Government is attempting to implement resolutions 1820 (2008) and 1888 (2009), which recognize and condemn rape as a weapon of war and a crime against humanity.”

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

  7. “In some cases, the security forces that are deployed to protect civilians, both national and international, also commit such atrocities, deepening public distrust of these security forces. Survivors are of all ages, including children under 10 years of age. Rape is often committed by multiple perpetrators, sometimes as many as 20 per person, in public, in front of family and community members, ripping apart the social fabric. In addition to the security and socioeconomic consequences of the conflict throughout the country, the civilian population in general, and women and children in particular, are affected by serious human rights violations, such as the confiscation and occupation of land and the recruitment of children into armed groups.”

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

  8. “Among the sexual and gender-based violence cases recorded by the Association of Central African Women Lawyers, 15 per cent concern men and 85 per cent women. This is potentially an underrepresentation of men, who are even more stigmatized when they fall victim to these crimes. These serious human rights violations are rooted in conflicts and prevailing gender and sociocultural norms. For more than two decades, the Central African Republic has faced repeated armed conflicts, with disastrous consequences for the population, not to mention widespread sexual violence, mainly committed against women and girls. The perpetrators are mostly members of armed groups. Often, they target people based on their ethnic or religious background, or because their area of residence is supposedly populated by rival militias.”

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

  9. “They slapped my mother and walked up to my little sister and threw her to the ground. While she was crying, one of the soldiers ripped off her clothes and brutally pushed her to the ground. As I watched with tears in my eyes, their leader said they should do the same thing to me. I was in a lot of pain and despite my screams they did not stop. The pain in my belly lasted a month. I was taken to the hospital in Bimbo, where I was told that I was pregnant but the child had died in my belly.” In 2019, the total number of gender-based violence cases managed and recorded by organizations working on sexual and gender-based violence in the Central African Republic was 13,028 cases, among which 12,249 involved females, compared to 779 cases concerning males. Physical assaults, rape and sexual violence accounted for half of the cases.”

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

  10. “I would like to thank the German Government for this opportunity to share some thoughts on the situation regarding sexual violence in the Central African Republic. I hope that my statement will encourage all those present to continue our important work to put an end to these horrific practices. To understand the situation we face on a daily basis in the Central African Republic, I would like to share the story of one of the women and girls we supported over the past few years. “I am 17 years old. I grew up in Bangui. In 2013, the Séléka entered the city. Four men arrived at our home, while I was there with my mother and my little sister. They were tall and dressed in military garb, their faces veiled by black cloth. One of them asked where the men of the family had gone. My mother replied that there were no men left.”

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

  11. “I am Nadia Carine Therese Fornel-Poutou, Executive President of the Association of Central African Women Lawyers. Our organization works for the protection of human rights and the care of sexual and gender-based violence survivors by providing legal assistance, psychosocial support and medical referrals. Among other ways, this is provided through our so-called “listening centres”, where paralegals and psychosocial workers aim to improve the accountability of perpetrators and help survivors coping with their traumatic experience — for example, through psychosocial support. As an active member of civil society, I have several years of professional experience in the promotion and defence of the rights of women and children, the fight against impunity and the legal treatment of gender-based violence in the Central African Republic.”

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