Report of the Secretary-General on CRSV | Official Fact Sheet (2019)
This fact sheet summarizes key findings, trends, data, recommendations, and accountability developments from the United Nations Secretary-General’s annual Report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) covering the period January to December 2019. It highlights verified cases, affected populations, country situations, prevention efforts, and actions taken by the United Nations and Member States to address sexual violence…
Report of the Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (2019)
The present Report covers the period from January to December 2019. Despite important progress on the policy and operational fronts, we face an increasingly complex global security environment in which sexual violence remains a cruel tactic of war, torture, terror and political repression, and a brutally effective tool of displacement and dehumanization. Access the Report…
United Nations Field Missions: Preventing and Responding to CRSV (2020)
This resource page brings together key United Nations guidance for field missions on preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Developed jointly by the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO) in partnership with the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the…
Implications of COVID-19 for the Prevention of and Response to CRSV (OSRSG-SVC, 2020)
This policy brief from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC) examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affects the prevention of and response to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). It explores the impact of the pandemic on monitoring and reporting, survivor services, access to justice, accountability mechanisms, displacement settings,…
UN Action Strategic Framework 2020-2025
The UN Action Strategic Framework 2020–2025 outlines the shared vision, priorities, and coordinated approach of the United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action). It explains how the network’s UN entities work together to strengthen prevention of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), support survivors and affected communities, enhance accountability, and improve the effectiveness of…
Psychosocial Assessment Guide for Implementing Partners (UNA061, 2019)
This Psychosocial Assessment Guide was developed under UN Action Against Sexual Violence (UN Action)-supported project UNA061 (2019), implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to support implementing partners delivering mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services to Rohingya women and girls affected by displacement and conflict in…
GBV Prevention, Human Rights and Access to Justice Resources for South Sudan (UNA060, 2018)
This resource page brings together key knowledge products developed under the UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action)-funded project UNA060 (2018-2019). Implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the initiative supported efforts to strengthen prevention, response, protection and access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence…
Drivers of Violence Against Adolescents in Myanmar (UNA059, 2019)
This visual evidence brief presents key findings from adolescent consultations conducted in Kachin and Rakhine States, Myanmar, as part of the broader effort to understand the drivers of violence affecting adolescents in humanitarian and displacement settings. Drawing on participatory consultations with young people, U-Report data, and national datasets, the publication explores the factors influencing school…
Transitional Justice and Reparations in Iraq: Training Guidebook for Civil Society Organizations (UNA057, 2019)
This training guidebook was developed in 2019 to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) to engage in transitional justice, reparations, victim participation, and accountability processes. Produced under the UN Action Against Sexual Violence (UN Action) UNA057 project in partnership with IOM and UNAMI, the publication…
Children Born of CRSV and Civil Documentation in Iraq: Research and Situation Analyses (UNA053, 2017)
This resource page brings together key knowledge products developed under the UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) supported project “Coordinated Action to Respond to the Needs of Child Born of Rape, Children Born to ISIL Fighters, and Their Survivor Mothers” in Iraq (UNA053, 2017-2019). The project, implemented by UNICEF, examined the challenges…