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Council 1325 Monitor
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to Monitor the Security Council's Efforts to Incorporate Resolution
1325 into its day-to-day work
1325 Resolution Watch: Sexual & Gender-Based Violence
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Last updated 25 February 2008
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Language
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Recalling
its resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, and strongly
condemning the continuing violence, in particular sexual violence
directed against women in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo,
13. Decides that the provisions of paragraphs 9 and 11 [sanctions,
travel ban] above shall apply to the following individuals and,
as appropriate, entities, as designated by the Committee:
(13.e) Individuals operating in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo and committing serious violations of international law involving
the targeting of children or women in situations of armed conflict,
including killing and maiming, sexual violence,
abduction and forced displacement;
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28.
strongly condemns continuing forms of discrimination and
violence against women and girls, |
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14.
Requests UNMIT fully to take into account gender considerations
as set out in Security Council resolution 1325 as a cross-cutting
issue throughout its mandate, and further requests the Secretary-General
to include in his reporting to the Security Council progress on
gender mainstreaming throughout UNMIT and all other aspects relating
to the situation of women and girls, especially in relation to
the need to protect them from gender-based violence,
detailing special measures proposed and taken to protect women
and girls from such violence;
15. Requests the Secretary-General
to continue to take the necessary measures to ensure full compliance
in UNMIT with the United Nations zero tolerance policy
on sexual exploitation and abuse and to keep the Council
informed, and urges those countries contributing troops and police
to take appropriate preventive action and to ensure full accountability
in cases of such conduct involving their personnel; |
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Condemning
in particular sexual violence perpetrated
by militias and armed groups as well as elements of the FARDC,
the PNC and other security and intelligence services, stressing
the urgent need for the Government of the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, in cooperation with MONUC and other relevant actors,
to end such violence and bring the perpetrators, as well as the
senior commanders under whom they serve, to justice, and calling
on Member States to assist in this regard and to continue to provide
medical, humanitarian and other assistance to victims,
15. Reiterates its call upon the
Congolese authorities to put an end to impunity, by bringing to
justice without delay perpetrators of grave violations of human
rights and of international humanitarian law, with special attention
to those responsible for recruitment and use of children as
well as for grave violations against women and children, in particular
sexual violence,
18. Requests MONUC, in
view of the scale and severity of sexual violence committed
especially by armed elements in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, to undertake a thorough review of its efforts to
prevent and respond to sexual violence, and to pursue
a comprehensive mission-wide strategy, in close cooperation with
the United Nations Country Team and other partners, to
strengthen prevention, protection, and response to sexual violence,
including through training for the Congolese security forces in
accordance with its mandate, and to regularly report, including
in a separate annex if necessary, on actions taken in this regard,
including factual data and trend analyses of the problem; |
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Emphasizes
the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of
conflicts and in peacebuilding, as recognized in resolution 1325
(2000), underlines that a gender perspective should be taken into
account in implementing all aspects of the mandate of UNIOSIL,
encourages UNIOSIL to work with the Government of Sierra Leone
in this area, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure there
is adequate capacity, expertise and resources within UNIOSIL to
carry out this work and, where appropriate, to include in his
reporting to the Council progress on gender mainstreaming throughout
UNIOSIL and all other aspects relating to the situation
of women and girls, especially in relation to the
need to protect them from gender-based violence; |
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7. Expresses its deep
concern at the continuing human rights violations, including sexual
and gender-based violence, and urges the Government to
diligently investigate all such reports and take the necessary steps
to prevent further violations and to ensure that those responsible
are brought to justice; |
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17.
Strongly condemns the grave violations against children affected
by armed violence, as well as widespread rape and other
sexual abuse of girls, and requests MINUSTAH to continue
to promote and protect the rights of women and children as set
out in Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1612 (2005); |
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(e)
To contribute to the monitoring and to the promotion and protection
of human rights, with particular attention to sexual and
gender-based violence, and to recommend action to the
competent authorities, with a view to fighting impunity; |
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Welcoming
the progress achieved on the broad benchmarks laid out in the
Secretary-General’s report of 12 September 2006, welcoming
UNMIL’s continuing efforts to promote and protect the rights
of women and calling on Liberian authorities to continue to cooperate
with the United Nations country team and civil society, in
order to achieve further progress in these areas and in particular
to combat gender-based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, |
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Welcoming
UNMIL’s policy to promote and protect the rights of women
and calling on Liberian authorities to continue their efforts
to enhance cooperation with the United Nations country team and
civil society, in order to aid in efforts to combat sexual
exploitation and abuse, |
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12.
Requests UNMIT fully to take into account gender considerations
as set out in Security Council resolution 1325 as a cross cutting
issue throughout its mandate, and further requests the Secretary-General
to include in his reporting to the Security Council
progress on gender mainstreaming throughout UNMIT and all
other aspects relating to the situation of women and girls, especially
in relation to the need to protect them from gender-based violence; |
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17.
Strongly condemns the grave violations against children affected
by armed violence, as well as widespread rape and other
sexual abuse of girls;
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| Côte
d’Ivoire
S/RES/1739/2007
Sierra
Leone
S/RES/1734/2006
Burundi
S/RES/1719/2006
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3. […] and requests the Secretary-General,
where appropriate, to include in his reporting to the
Security Council progress on gender mainstreaming throughout
[ ] and all other aspects relating to the situation
of women and girls, especially in relation to the need
to protect them from gender-based violence;
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Reiterating
its strong condemnation of all violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law in Darfur, and calling upon the
Government of National Unity to take urgent action to tackle gender-based
violence in Darfur including action towards implementing its Action
Plan to Combat Violence Against Women in Darfur with particular
focus on the rescission of Form 8 and access to legal
redress, |
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S/RES/1702/2006
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Reaffirming
the importance of appropriate expertise on issues relating to
gender in peacekeeping operations and post-conflict peace-building
in accordance with resolution 1325 (2000), recalling the
need to address violence against women and children,
and encouraging the MINUSTAH as well as the Government of Haiti
to actively address these issues, |
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13.
Decides that, for a period expiring on 31 July 2007, the
provisions of paragraphs 13 to 16 of resolution 1596 shall extend
to the following individuals, operating in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo and designated by the Committee:
- Individuals committing
serious violations of international law involving the
targeting of children in situations of armed conflict, including
killing and -maiming, sexual violence, abduction
and forced displacement;
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Recalling
that all the parties bear responsibility for ensuring security
with respect to civilian populations, in particular women, children
and other vulnerable persons, and expressing concern at
the continuing levels of sexual violence, |
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Strongly
condemning all violations of human rights and international humanitarian
law in the Darfur region, in particular the
continuation of violence against civilians and sexual
violence against women and girls since the adoption of
resolution 1574 (2004), urging all parties to take necessary
steps to prevent further violations,
and expressing its determination to ensure that those
responsible for all such violations are identified and brought
to justice without delay, |
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Condemning
all acts of violence and violations
of human rights and international humanitarian law by
all parties to the crisis, in particular by the Janjaweed, including
indiscriminate attacks on civilians, rapes, forced displacements,
and acts of violence especially those with an ethnic dimension,
and expressing its utmost concern at the consequences of the conflict
in Darfur on the civilian population, including women, children,
internally displaced persons, and refugees, |
Burundi
S/RES/1545/2004 |
Condemning
all acts of violence, as well as human rights and international
humanitarian law violations, and particularly concerned
by the increasing incidents of rapes, including mass rapes,
Reaffirming its determination
to support the efforts of Burundians to
bring the perpetrators of such acts and violations to justice
on the basis of the rule of law, in order to put an end
to situations of impunity, and calling upon the parties
and transitional authorities to take without delay all necessary
measures to that end, |
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(-). Reaffirms the importance of a gender perspective in peacekeeping
operations and post-conflict peacebuilding in accordance with
resolution 1325 (2000), recalls the need to address violence
against women and girls as a tool of warfare, and encourages
[mission] as well as the [country] parties to actively address
these issues; |
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Deploring
all violations of human rights, particularly atrocities
against civilian populations, including widespread sexual
violence against women and children, |
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8. Strongly condemns the acts of violence systematically
perpetrated against civilians, including the massacres, as well
as other atrocities and violations of international
humanitarian law and human rights, in particular,
sexual violence against women and girls, stresses the need to
bring to justice those responsible, including those
at the command level, and urges all parties, including the Government
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to take all necessary
steps to prevent further violations of human rights
and international humanitarian law, in particular those committed
against civilians;
9. Reaffirms the importance of a gender perspective
in peacekeeping operations in accordance with resolution 1325
(2000), recalls the need to address violence against
women and girls as a tool of warfare, and in this respect
encourages MONUC to continue to actively address this issue;
and calls on MONUC to increase the deployment of women as military
observers as well as in other capacities;
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2.
Condemns the massacres and the other
systematic violations on International Humanitarian
Law and human rights perpetrated in the Democratic Republic
of Congo, in particular sexual violence against women
and girls as a tool of warfare and atrocities perpetrated
in the Ituri area by the Muvement de liberation du Congo (MLC)
and the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie/National (RCD/N)
troops, as well as the acts of violence recently perpetrated by
the Union des Patriotes Congolais (UPC) forces, and reiterates
that there will be no impunity for such acts that the
perpetrators will be held accountable. |
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12. Expresses its serious concern at the violence, particularly
sexual violence, suffered by women and children during
the conflict in Sierra Leone, and emphasizes the
importance of addressing these issues effectively; |
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and gender issues that has been adopted specifically in the Security
Council’s resolutions addressing all current and upcoming peacekeeping
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