Prevention

The current situation has certainly not improved. Given its complexity, we feel it is important to focus on five fundamental areas, the first of which is prevention, followed by the right to truth, the right to justice, the right to reparation and to the knowledge that such abuses will not be repeated. With regard to prevention, I would like to cite the Secretary-General’s report, which states that “the prevention of sexual violence is an integral part of wider conflict prevention and ... is not merely a priority, but the priority.” (S/2017/249, para. 4)