Statement of Turkey at the March 15 Debate on Forced Labour

Statement of Turkey at the March 15 Debate on Forced Labour

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Extracts to this Statement: 

General

Extract: 

It is also important to emphasize that the terrorist organization of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and the Democratic Union Party (PKK/PYD) also widely employs methods that exploit human beings, particularly through the forced recruitment of children and young women.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
General Women, Peace and Security

SGBV

Extract: 

In the crises in our region, criminal and terrorist networks resort to different forms of exploitation of human beings and commit gender-based sexual violence and the forced recruitment of adults and children to fund and sustain their operations.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence