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2019-05-23
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2019-05-23
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  1. “Yet efforts to ensure accountability remain insufficient and do not meet the bar set by binding international treaties, as we observe growing resistance from different States and non-State actors in implementing their commitments to that end. The international community must collectively turn this worrisome tide. We urge Security Council members, the Secretary-General and all Member States to take determined action to strengthen the protection of civilians and stand up for the norms and laws that are essential to safeguarding civilians in conflict.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  2. “In addition, the Council has promoted and encouraged support for accountability at the national level, while emphasizing the responsibility of States to investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of serious violations. The commissions, mechanisms and other investigative bodies established by the United Nations are also important tools that must be encouraged in order to ensure the preservation of evidence for future investigations. Enhancing and ensuring respect for the law and accountability for its violation are two of the greatest challenges we face in strengthening the protection of civilians.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  3. “In that respect, the commitments under the Action for Peacekeeping initiative also provide a foundation to tackle some of those challenges and further strengthen the protective role of peacekeepers. The Security Council's efforts to give practical meaning to the protection of civilians agenda would be fruitless without enhancing accountability for serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Irrespective of the challenges faced by the International Criminal Court, we must continue to support its mandate. We call on States to adhere to the commitments established by the Rome Statute and to cooperate fully with the investigative bodies of the Court.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  4. “Last year, Lithuania adhered to the Kigali Principles on the Protection of Civilians - a best-practices initiative for protecting civilians in peacekeeping operations. Since then, nearly 200 Lithuanian peacekeepers have been comprehensively trained on their legal commitments in respect of the civilian population on the ground. The protection of civilians requires the commitment of the members of the Security Council to find consensus around the language and implications of peacekeeping tasks, including by providing clarity on the expectations of peacekeepers and the recognition of situations that may be outside of their capacity to respond. We are nevertheless convinced that the mandated protection of civilians must become a task of every United Nations peacekeeping mission.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  5. “This year, on 24 April, a decree was issued to facilitate the acquisition of Russian nationality by residents from various districts of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions, notably without taking up residency in Russia. That ongoing mass extraterritorial naturalization - the so-called passportization policy - by the Russian Federation in the occupied territories of Ukraine is a clear violation of the law of occupation and must be condemned immediately by the Members of the United Nations. The granting of nationality is a manifestation of the conferring State's sovereignty. Historical experience in Georgia shows that it may be employed as a rhetorical justification for the use of force. Let me turn to peacekeeping.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  6. “One does not even have to refer to the pages of history to find relevant case studies, as Georgia, Ukraine and other countries are suffering from the same illegal conduct in today's world. We therefore call on all States Members of the United Nations to uphold international humanitarian law in occupied territories. The duties of the occupying Power under the Fourth Geneva Convention are numerous. The lack of ongoing hostilities should not prevent us from making sure that the rights of the civilian population are respected, as the established protection guarantees are applicable for the whole duration of occupation. One example stands out in particular in that regard.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  7. “Today, 70 years later, it is still relevant that the Conventions' guarantees are provided for all protected persons, and particularly civilians who do not take a direct part in hostilities, as well as civilians living under occupation. I would like to focus on the protection of populations in the hands of an occupying Power. That is the general subject of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which requires the humanitarian treatment of civilians throughout a period of occupation. Lithuania, as a country once illegally annexed and occupied by the Soviet Union, has a particular understanding of the crimes and horrors that can be committed without regard to the law of occupation.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source

  8. “I would like to begin by commending Indonesia, as President of the Security Council for the month of May, for convening this exceptionally important open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Executive Director of the Center for Civilians in Conflict for their contributions to our discussion. My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2019/373) devoted to the seventieth anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions, which form the universally accepted cornerstone of international humanitarian law.”

    2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source