Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) - Women & Sexual Violence

Abstract:

http://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/key-documents/resolutions/

S/RES/1820 (2008)

The Security Council Resolution recognizes a direct relationship between the widespread and/or systematic use of sexual violence as an instrument of conflict and the maintenance of international peace and security; commit the Security Council to considering appropriate steps to end such atrocities and to punish their perpetrators; and request a report from the Secretary General on situations in which sexual violence is being widely or systematically employed against civilians and on strategies for ending the practice.

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Last updated on 02/02/2018