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Van Den Akker

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2018-04-16
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2019-08-02
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  1. “It is one of the largest-scale demonstrations of the political will of the European Union and the United Nations to say "enough is enough". We must act now to address gender-based violence in all its forms. We continue to support United Nations action against conflict-related sexual violence. We recognize that the United Nations peacekeeping operations play a vital role in the protection ofwomen, girls, men and boys as part of their mandated task of protecting civilians. We also stress the importance of training peacekeeping personnel in preventing sexual exploitation and abuse.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  2. “The project supported military courts, which then tried and convicted 11 militiamen and a provincial member of Parliament for crimes against humanity, rape and murder committed between 2013 and 2016. The EU is determined to remain a global leader in ending sexual and gender-based violence, including in conflict-related situations. One example of that is the joint EU-United Nations Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls. Launched in September 2017 with an initial investment of €500 million by the EU, the Spotlight Initiative recognizes that women and girls are disproportionately subjected to violence, including femicide, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, trafficking and harmful practices.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  3. “Victims and witnesses of sexual violence have to be ensured access to impartial and safe tribunals and reparations, including as a form of transitional gender justice, and their safety must be sufficiently addressed during and after those legal processes. The European Union has implemented a global project to support gender-sensitive transitional justice. The project has been realized in Kenya, Kosovo, Colombia and the Philippines, and also supported the development of global norms and standards. Another EU action implemented in the Democratic Republic of the Congo strengthened the capacities of the military justice system to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Kasai and the east of the country.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  4. “Every person who has suffered from sexual violence must have the right and access to comprehensive health-care services, justice and reparations, and not be revictimized, rejected, ostracized or worse. The European Union wants to see practical steps towards effective prevention and protection from conflict-related sexual violence. It remains unacceptable that most incidents of conflict-related sexual violence, including rape, continue to be met with impunity. It is nothing but a failure that, for instance, not a single member of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant or Boko Haram has yet been prosecuted for sexual offences. Accountability and access tojustice are a must.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  5. “The European Union emphasizes the continued importance of a holistic approach that addresses conflict-related sexual violence as part of the broader women and peace and security agenda, recognizing that sexual and gender-based violence are also the results of gender inequalities and women's and girls' subordinated positions and patriarchal contexts. While sexual and gender-based violence predominantly target women and girls, men and boys are also among the primary and secondary victims of those crimes. The issue of stigma placed on the victim rather than on the perpetrator, where it would rightfully belong, must be analysed and addressed within the broader context of sexual and gender-based violence. It is well known that stigma in the wake of sexual violence can have lasting and even lethal repercussions.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  6. “Behind every statistic in the report - and unfortunately, we know that underreporting continues to be a challenge - we find a life and a person. Two simple questions are posed: What are we, as the international community, doing to put an end to that, and what is needed that we are not yet doing? The European Union has taken concrete action to prevent and respond to conflict-related sexual Violence. Our engagement to achieve gender equality, security, sustaining peace and sustainable development is at the core of our daily work.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  7. “Conflict-related sexual violence, as well as all forms of violence and discrimination against women, girls, men and boys, are crimes and violations of human rights. The European Union welcomes the report submitted by the Secretary-General (S/2018/250). It provides harrowing evidence of the occurrence of sexual violence in conflict in numerous places around the world. While there is improved awareness of the prevalence and hideousness of sexual violence in conflict and normative progress has been achieved, including in the Council through dedicated resolutions, countless women, men, girls and boys still live under the constant threat of sexual violence. Those living in areas plagued by conflict and violent extremism have the most to fear.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source

  8. “I am speaking on behalf of the European Union and its member States. The candidate countries Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of 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. I thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, and Ms. Razia Sultana, who spoke on behalfofcivil society and in particular the Rohingya, for their briefings. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for her leadership and dedication. The European Union (EU) has been and will remain a staunch supporter of her important mandate.”

    2018-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8234 (2018) · source