International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2015, para. 3
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Noting that civilians account for the vast majority of those adversely affected by armed conflict, that women and girls are particularly targeted by the use of sexual violence, inter alia by terrorist and extremist groups, including as a tactic of war to humiliate, dominate, instil fear in, disperse and/or forcibly relocate civilian members of a community or ethnic or religious group, and that sexual violence perpetrated in this manner may in some instances persist after the cessation of hostilities, and recognizing that men and boys are also victims of sexual violence in conflict,
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations General Assembly
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Humanitarian
Violence
Personnes concernées
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Année
2015
Type de paragraphe
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (2015), A/RES/69/293, PP 3.