UN Action Summary Report 2009 – 2019: Milestones and Key Achievements
Annual Progress Summary Report and Final Report on Activities Implemented under the UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict Multi-Partner Trust Fund 2009 – 2019.
SRSG Patten urges justice and accountability for events on 28 September 2009 in Guinea
UN Special Representative Pramila Patten urges for justice and accountability for the 28 September 2009 events in Guinea to be at the heart of the political transition. “My Office and the United Nations stand in solidarity with the victims of the 28 September 2009 events and reiterate our commitment to supporting efforts towards justice and…
UN Action Annual Progress Report 2020
The UN Action Annual Progress Report 2020 provides an overview of the key initiatives and achievements of the UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict Network from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020, as they related to deliverables specified in the UN Action Strategic Framework for 2020-2025 and its attending 2020-2021 Workplan. This includes…
UN Special Representative Patten expresses grave concern over reports of sexual violence in detention setting in Myanmar
United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, strongly condemns the Myanmar military’s widespread and systematic attacks against civilians, especially women and children, as well as other serious violations of human rights since it seized power on 1 February 2021.
UN Officials Express Grave Concern over Rising Levels of Sexual Violence in Somalia
Joint press release by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten
Peacekeeping Operations: Preventing and Responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (2020 Annual Report)
This is a first of its kind report capturing activities and good practices in preventing and responding to CRSV by MINUSCA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, UNAMID and UNMISS in 2020, developed by DPO. The report promotes the implementation of the Policy for United Nations Field Missions on Preventing and Responding to CRSV and accompanying handbook, both released…
In Their Own Words: Voices of CRSV Survivors and Frontline Service Providers (OSRSG-SVC, 2021)
This digital resource, developed in 2020 by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC), brings together more than 150 testimonies, ranging from 1992 to the present, from survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and frontline service providers across conflict-affected countries. Collected through UN-supported survivor-centred approaches, the publication…
Joint Statement by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell and UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
Model Legislative Provisions and Guidance on the Investigation and Prosecution of CRSV (OSRSG-SVC, 2021)
Developed by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC), this resource provides model legislative provisions, legal guidance, and a model indictment to support the investigation and prosecution of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. It benefited from the work of Maxine…
New partnership between the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to end sexual violence in conflict
On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on 19 June, Under-Secretary-General Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG-SVC) of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC), and Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the…