UN Special Representative Pramila Patten welcomes the formal opening of a dedicated case on conflict-related sexual violence by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia (EN)

New York, 28 September 2023: United Nations Under-Secretary-General and SpecialRepresentative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG-SVC), Ms. Pramila
Patten, commends the formal opening by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia of a
dedicated case on sexual and gender-based violence, reproductive violence and other genderbased crimes on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity committed in the context of the
armed conflict.