The rights of the child 1997, para. IV.12

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Reaffirms that rape in the conduct of armed conflict constitutes a war crime and that under certain circumstances it constitutes a crime against humanity and an act of genocide, as defined in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and calls upon all States to take all measures required for the protection of women and children from all acts of gender-based violence, including rape, sexual exploitation and forced pregnancy, and to strengthen mechanisms to investigate and punish all those responsible and bring the perpetrators to justice;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Women
Year
1997
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (1997), A/RES/52/107, OP IV.12.
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OP
Paragraph number
IV.12