Refugee Protection and Sexual Violence 1993, para. 2
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Noting also distressing reports that refugees and asylum-seekers, including children, in many instances have been subjected to rape or other forms of sexual violence during their flight or following their arrival in countries where they sought asylum, including sexual extortion in connection with the granting of basic necessities, personal documentation or 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
Year
1993
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
ExCom Conclusion No. 73, Refugee Protection and Sexual Violence (1993), PP 2.