The girl child 2007, para. 20

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Deplores all cases of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and children, especially girls, in humanitarian crises, including those cases involving humanitarian workers and peacekeepers, and urges States to take effective measures to address gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies and to make all possible efforts to ensure that their laws and institutions are adequate to prevent, promptly investigate and prosecute acts of gender-based violence;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2007
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (2007), A/RES/62/140, OP 20.
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OP
Paragraph number
20