International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2015, para. 3
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Noting that civilians account for the vast majority of those adversely affected by armed conflict, that women and girls are particularly targeted by the use of sexual violence, inter alia by terrorist and extremist groups, including as a tactic of war to humiliate, dominate, instil fear in, disperse and/or forcibly relocate civilian members of a community or ethnic or religious group, and that sexual violence perpetrated in this manner may in some instances persist after the cessation of hostilities, and recognizing that men and boys are also victims of sexual violence in conflict,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Violence
Person(s) affected
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (2015), A/RES/69/293, PP 3.