Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 2003, para. (d) ii

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[Urges States to respect and ensure the right of all individuals within their territory and subject to their jurisdiction, to security of person, inter alia by enforcing relevant national laws, consistent with international law, and by adopting concrete measures, where they do not exist, to prevent and combat sexual abuse and exploitation including through:] Appropriate follow-up action in response to allegations of sexual violence and exploitation including, where necessary, by implementation of remedies, such as facilitating the filing and investigation of complaints of sexual violence and exploitation, the prosecution of offenders, and timely and proportional disciplinary sanctions in cases of abuse of power or gross negligence resulting in sexual exploitation;
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Negotiated soft law
Body
Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
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N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2003
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
ExCom Conclusion No. 98, Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (2003), OP (d) ii.
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OP
Paragraph number
(d) ii