(Photo Credit: Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID) 

Sexual exploitation, as defined by the United Nations is “any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, social or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.”


Relevant clauses in SCR 1325 (2000)
OP5

Relevant clauses in SCR 1820 (2008)

OP7:

Requests the Secretary-General to continue and strengthen efforts to
implement the policy of zero tolerance of sexual exploitation and abuse in United
Nations peacekeeping operations; and urges troop and police contributing countries
to take appropriate preventative action, including pre-deployment and in-theater
awareness training, and other action to ensure full accountability in cases of such
conduct involving their personnel

Relevant clauses in SCR 1888 (2009)
OP21

Relevant clauses in SCR 1889 (2009)
None

Source: UN Photo

 

NGOWG Checklist on Women's Participation and Gender Perspectives in SC Resolutions
Key things to look for, in Security Council resolutions, on the issue of peacekeeping include:

  • Does the resolution, in condemning acts of sexual abuse of women and girls by UN personnel, call for peacekeeping personnel of contributing countries to adhere to pertinent codes of conduct and disciplinary and accountability mechanisms in order to prevent such exploitation?