Joint Statement on Human Rights and Humanitarian Concerns Related to Conflict Affected Women and Children in Syria and Iraq
New York, 11 November 2019 - Four United Nations High-Level Advocates express their concerns about the precarious human rights, humanitarian and security situation faced by thousands of people, mainly composed of women and children, who are being held in inhumane conditions in overcrowded camps or other settings in northern Syria and Iraq. “We are [...]
United Nations officials welcome the signing of an Action Plan to fight sexual violence by the Congolese National Police
Press Statement: For Immediate Release (New York / Kinshasa, 11 November 2019) Following months of consultations with the Congolese authorities, including with the Special Adviser to the President on Youth, Gender and Violence against Women, and intense advocacy from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the [...]
Statement of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, on the conviction by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Bosco Ntaganda for Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes including Rape and Sexual Slavery
Press Statement: For Immediate Release (New York, 08 November 2019) I welcome that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has handed down a historic 30-year sentence to Bosco Ntaganda on 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, sexual slavery and conscripting and enlisting children. These crimes took place in Ituri, [...]