Urges States to take special measures for the protection of children, in particular to protect girls from rape and other forms of sexual abuse and gender-based violence in situations of armed conflict, in line with the recommendations of the expert appointed by the Secretary-General to study the impact of armed conflict on children;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Humanitarian
Violence
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Year
1996
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (1996), A/RES/51/76, OP 7.