Acts of sexual violence against civilians in armed conflicts 2008, para. 3
Paragraphe- Paragraph text
- Demands that all parties to armed conflict immediately take appropriate measures to protect civilians, including women and girls, from all forms of sexual violence, which could include, inter alia, enforcing appropriate military disciplinary measures and upholding the principle of command responsibility, training troops on the categorical prohibition of all forms of sexual violence against civilians, debunking myths that fuel sexual violence, vetting armed and security forces to take into account past actions of rape and other forms of sexual violence, and evacuation of women and children under imminent threat of sexual violence to safety; and requests the Secretary-General, where appropriate, to encourage dialogue to address this issue in the context of broader discussions of conflict resolution between appropriate UN officials and the parties to the conflict, taking into account, inter alia, the views expressed by women of affected local communities;
- Status juridique
- Legally binding
- Organe
- United Nations Security Council
- Type de document
- Resolution
- Mode d'adoption
- Consensus
- Thèmes
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Année
- 2008
- Type de paragraphe
- OP
- Reference
- UNSC resolution, Acts of sexual violence against civilians in armed conflicts (2008), S/RES/1820, OP 3.
- Paragraph info
- OP
- Paragraph number
- 3
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