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The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that provides measures and mechanisms to address violence against women and children during armed conflict. In particular, the Council “decid[ed] to include specific provisions . . . for the protection of women and children from rape and other sexual violence in the mandates of United Nations peacekeeping operations.” The Security Council also expressed the intent to identify “women's protection advisers” (WPAs), to be chosen from gender and human rights experts, and has asked the Secretary General to assess “the need for, and the number and roles of WPAs” in United Nations peacekeeping operations.
The Council asked the Secretary General “to appoint a Special Representative to provide coherent and strategic leadership, to work effectively to strengthen existing United Nations coordination mechanisms, and to engage in advocacy efforts . . . to address . . . sexual violence in armed conflict.” In addition, the Council requested that the Secretary General “identify and take the appropriate measures to deploy rapidly a team of experts to situations of particular concern with respect to sexual violence in armed conflict.” Furthermore, the Council affirmed its aim to consider acts of sexual violence against children and women “when adopting or renewing targeting sanctions in situations of armed conflict.” Consequently, the Security Council requested that the Secretary General “present specific proposals on ways to ensure monitoring and reporting in a more effective and efficient way within the existing United Nations system on the protection of women and children from rape and other sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations”.
Source: American Association of International Law
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