SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2015, para. 37

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As part of global efforts to address sexual violence against children, the Special Representative participated in the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, held in London, in June 2014, and was the keynote speaker for the session dedicated to the vulnerabilities of children to sexual violence in armed conflict. Her Office also contributed to the Secretary-General's guidance note on reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence, which was jointly coordinated by OHCHR and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The inclusion of special guarantees for non-repetition in the design and implementation of State policy, as well as the establishment of legal and institutional frameworks to prevent, investigate, prosecute and punish crimes of sexual violence committed against children in situations of conflict, is a positive development.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
Document type
SRSG report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Paragraph number
37