Citation:
Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) - Women & Sexual Violence. United Nations Security Council. 2008.
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.