Noting the horrors unfolding in Ukraine - even as other crises escalate behind the scenes - she described the harrowing personal testimonies of victims as a “call to action”. Conflicts are proliferating, with a concurrent rise in attacks on women leaders and misogynistic hate speech. Noting that their promise is one of prevention, she said the Council’s efforts to refocus on that goal are particularly relevant in today’s “dark and difficult times”.
Pramila Patten, Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, began by asking what the Council’s 10 resolutions on women, peace and security - including five squarely focused on sexual violence in conflict - mean right now for a woman in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Myanmar or Ethiopia’s Tigray region. They also heard passionate testimony from experts, survivors and civil society activists, who briefed the Council at the meeting’s outset. Focusing on issues of accountability, prevention and deterrence, they shared national experiences and explored recent developments in international law, including judgments recently handed down against perpetrators in cases under the principle of universal jurisdiction. With conflicts proliferating and the world’s social fabric increasingly under strain, the use of sexual violence as a tool of power and dominance is also on the rise, experts warned the Security Council today, as delegates from around the world considered the current status of “war’s oldest, most silenced and least-condemned crime”.ĭuring the open debate, the 15-member Council - alongside dozens of representatives from the broader United Nations membership - considered the latest annual report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence (document S/2022/272). ‘Make Accountability Inevitable’, Special Representative Insists as Nobel Laureate, Civil Society Defenders Denounce Years of Abject Failure
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