The situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2013), para. 11
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Expressing concern also at the vulnerable situation of women in the Syrian Arab Republic, including being subjected to discrimination, sexual and other physical abuse, violation of their privacy and arbitrary arrest and detention in raids, including to force their male relatives to surrender, recalling that such acts of sexual and gender-based violence could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, underlining the importance of preventing all sexual violence and violence based on gender, and welcoming the intent of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict to visit the Syrian Arab Republic to investigate these violations and abuses,