Rights of the child: The fight against sexual violence against children 2010, para. 10
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Condemns in the strongest terms rape and other forms of sexual violence committed against children in situations of armed conflict, and in this regard, calls upon all parties to armed conflict to comply strictly with their obligations under applicable international law to protect children in armed conflict, urges them to immediately end such practices and to take all possible measures to protect boys and girls from rape and all forms of sexual violence, and calls upon States to assist child victims of these violations in situations of armed conflict and to seek to end impunity for perpetrators by ensuring rigorous investigation and prosecution of such crimes;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Violence
Person(s) affected
Boys
Children
Girls
Year
2010
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Rights of the child: The fight against sexual violence against children (2010), A/HRC/RES/13/20, OP 10.