Guidance on Protection Assistance for ex-Combatants
Developed within the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and lead by IOM and UNHCR, the purpose of this Guidance is to provide recommendations to Protection Cluster partners regarding protection service provision to ex-combatants, and was developed to respond to requests received from Protection Cluster partners. This Guidance briefly describes humanitarian principles, aligns International Humanitarian Law terminology…
SRSG-SVC Pramila Patten applauds the outcome of the trial regarding the tragic events of the 28 September 2009 in Guinea
“This is the first time in the history of Guinea that the Rome Statute, and more specifically its provisions related to sexual violence, have been implemented”. The Office of the Special Representative has supported this process since the 2011 signing of the Joint Communiqué between the Guinean Government and the United Nations on the fight…
Ten years after the Sinjar attacks, UN Special Representative Patten calls the international community to ensure that the voices and plight of survivors are not forgotten and to redouble efforts for justice, accountability and continued support
A decade since Da’esh tried to wipe out the Yazidi people in the Sinjar region in northern Iraq, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG-SVC), Ms. Pramila Patten, calls on the international community to ensure that the plight of Yazidis and other affected minorities remains at the center of…
UN Action Newsletter: Issue #7
UN Action Prevention Framework Summary – translated to Ukrainian
The UN Action Prevention Workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine, held on Tuesday, 23rd July 2024, focused on strengthening national and community-based CRSV prevention and response mechanisms in Ukraine through a survivor-centered multi-sectoral approach. Over the past decade, there has been increasing evidence of when, how, and why sexual violence occurs during certain armed conflicts, indicating significant…
A war waged on the bodies of women and girls: following visit to Chad, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict calls for the immediate cessation of sexual violence by parties to the conflict in Sudan and urges for funding to support survivors
New York, 24 July 2024: At the invitation of the Government, the Special Representative ofthe Secretary-General (SRSG) Pramila Patten led an official visit to Chad between 14 and 18 July 2024, to assess the situation in the Ouaddaï Region, where more than 620,000 refugees have sought protection, including survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, who have…
2023 Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Report of the Secretary-General (Designed-English)
2023 Annual Summaries of Activities and Good Practices by UN Peacekeeping Operations in Preventing and Responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
The annual report, in its fourth edition, presents activities and good practices carried out in 2023 by United Nations peacekeeping missions to prevent and respond to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). The report focuses on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in…
CRSV-MPTF Consolidated Annual Report 2023
This fourth Consolidated Annual Narrative and Financial Progress Report (the Report) for the Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Multi-Partner Trust Fund (CRSV-MPTF or the Fund) is prepared by the United Nations (UN) Action Secretariat, the United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict (Team of Experts or TOE), and the…
Foundational Principles for Applying the Concepts of Consent, Assent, Dissent and Evolving Individual Capacity to Ensure Trauma-informed Documentation, Justice, and Reparations Processes for Child Survivors of Sexual Violence
These foundational principles were developed by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in collaboration with a community of practice made up of global experts from the medical, psychological, legal, ethical and human rights sectors. The goal of these foundational principles is to provide key considerations when developing and implementing consent and assent processes for child survivors…