Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Ethiopia
Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Ethiopia (Extract 1)
The Council should encourage or pressure, as appropriate, all parties to an armed conflict to fully comply with international humanitarian law, particularly in relation to the protection of civilians. The implementation by Member States of relevant regional and international legal instruments for the prevention, punishment and eradication of all forms of violence against women would also contribute to the national, regional and international response to victims of sexual violence.
Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Ethiopia (Extract 2)
The Council should also continue to attach the utmost importance to preventing and addressing the root causes of conflict. Furthermore, measures aimed at reducing the vulnerabilities of civilians, including by enhancing the capacity of peacekeeping missions, as well as the Council’s using all the available tools at its disposal, will be critical. In this regard, the Council could explore the recommendation of the SecretaryGeneral to include sexual violence as part of the designation criteria on a case-by-case basis, particularly in the context of the use of mass rape and other forms of sexual violence by extremist and terrorist groups.
Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Ethiopia (Extract 3)
In post-conflict situations, the Council could further strengthen its peacebuilding efforts aimed at rebuilding national capacity and institutions, particularly the capacity of security and judiciary services to prevent and punish conflict-related sexual violence and addressing its root causes. That will enable the Council to fight impunity and bring perpetrators to justice, as well as to ensure the non-occurrence of such grave crimes.