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Sep 22, 2016 · The ICRC urges all parties in armed conflict to meet their obligation under international humanitarian law to protect women, men, girls and boys against acts of sexual violence and to ensure unimpeded access to health care for all victims of sexual violence.
Aug 27, 2020 · When protection fails and civilians become victims of war crimes or human rights violations, there need to be mechanisms and processes to combat impunity and to allow victims and survivors to...
- This paper provides an update to March 2020 on the UK approach to the Protection of Civilians (PoC) in armed conflict situations. It builds on the...
- Protecting civilians is at the core of the UK’s policies to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts around the world. This involves working bilateral...
- The UK is a leading supporter of multilateral arms control treaties, conventions and regimes that protect civilians from the effects of banned weap...
- The WPS agenda exists to promote and fulfil women’s human rights and achieve gender equality, as part of efforts to build more peaceful and stable...
- The CAAC agenda achieved international recognition in 1996 following the publication of a report by Graça Machel titled the “Impact of Armed Confli...
- On 20 June 2019, the SC unanimously adopted resolution 2475, on the impact of armed conflict on persons with disabilities in which the UK, alongsid...
- Monitoring and Reporting of Human Rights and IHL Effective and independent monitoring and reporting of compliance with IHL, human rights and refuge...
- Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, leads on PSVI cross government. During...
- The UK contributes strongly to both the policy and the delivery of peacekeeping. As a member of the UNSC, the UK has a key role in setting the mand...
Nov 28, 2022 · CRSV is grounded in pre-existing harmful social norms that underpin gender inequality, patriarchal institutions, men and boys’ violence against women and girls, and violations of women’s human ...
Motivated by political, military or economic objectives to control territory or resources, Conflict-related Sexual Violence (CRSV) is frequently and deliberately used to target civilians,...
Apr 11, 2022 · Anyone at risk before war — including women and children, religious and ethnic minorities, people living with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex persons —...
Dec 1, 2016 · Although every armed conflict imprints cruel toll on all members of the society, regardless of their gender, age, skin color, nationality or ethnic origin, women were and still are particularly vulnerable to all forms of such violations, in particular - becoming victims of various forms of violence.
1 day ago · Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is a crime against ... both men and women, as a war crime. ... which is appointed by the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council.
