Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 2003, para. 4
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Noting distressing reports over the last few years that refugees and asylum-seekers, in particular women and children, have been victims of sexual abuse and exploitation during flight or upon arrival in their country of asylum, and deeply concerned that this has negatively impacted their access to basic protection and assistance, including health care and education, the issuance of personal documentation or granting of refugee status;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Movement
Violence
Person(s) affected
Children
Persons on the move
Women
Year
2003
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
ExCom Conclusion No. 98, Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (2003), PP 4.