Prevention & Response to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

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UN – STM Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Module 1: Strategic level

== UN-CRSV STM/ 1st Edition – 2017 == DPKO & DFS/ ITS

Prevention & Response to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence


Strategic level

DPKO-DFS Specialised Training Materials

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“In no other area is our collective failure to ensure effective protection for civilians

more apparent

– and by its very nature more shameful –

than in terms of the masses of women and girls, but also boys and men,

whose lives are destroyed each year by sexual violence perpetrated in conflict”

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Mr Ban Ki-moon United Nations Secretary-General

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Aim

To provide an overview of the relevance, challenges and organisational response to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence from a strategic perspective.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this session, participants will be able to :

• Comprehend the Context of CRSV

• Explain definition, & principles;

• List and explain the legal framework;

• List Specificities & requirements of the Mandate

• Understand the UN approaches at the strategic level;

• List roles & responsibilities of UNHQ entities.

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• CRSV: Overview (Mandate, Definitions, Principles, Linkages and Differences).

• CRSV - Realities, Patterns, Potential Victims, Perpetrators and Motives.

• CRSV Legal Framework.

• Specificities & requirements of the CRSV Mandate.

• UN approaches at the strategic level

• roles & responsibilities of UNHQ entities

STRUCTURE

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Prevention & Response to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence 6

Movie on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as an introduction. This video can be download at http://research.un.org/en/peacekeeping-community/Training.

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(Mandate, Definitions, Principles, Linkages and Differences)

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CRSV Overview

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CRSV: Mandate

• Address CRSV from a political, peace & security

perspective.

• POC to also include all forms of sexual violence.

• Specific protection for women & children.

• Deployment of WPA.

• Establishing MARA.

• Monitoring, help investigating, reporting &

preventing sexual violations & abuses.

• Contributing to efforts to identify & prosecute

perpetrators.

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CRSV: Definition

• “Conflict-related sexual violence refers to incidents or (for SCR 1960 listing purposes) patterns of sexual violence, that is rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of Sexual violence of comparable gravity, against women, men, girls or boys”.

• Such incidents or patterns occur in conflict or post-conflict settings or other situations of concern (e.g., political strife).

UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict

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CRSV: Dimensions & Linkages

• Direct or indirect nexus with the conflict or political strife.

• International character (can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of torture or genocide).

• Link with the conflict may be evident in:

– The profile & motivations of the perpetrator(s);

– The profile of the victim(s);

– The climate of impunity/weakened State capacity;

– Cross-border dimensions; and/or,

– The fact that it violates the terms of a ceasefire agreement.

UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict

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CRSV Principles

• Primary Responsibility

of Host State.

• UN Peacekeepers

Responsibility.

• Priority Obligation.

• Mission-wide

Responsibility.

• Community-centric

Approach.

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• Gender-sensitive

Approach.

• Survivor-centric Response.

• Non-exclusivity.

• Ethical Reporting.

• Integrality.

• Preventability.

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Context, Patterns, Potential Victims, Perpetrators and Motives

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CRSV

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Context

• Thrives in gender discrimination & inequalities.

• Widespread, endemic & invisible.

• Extent & impact difficult to ascertain.

• Disproportionate effect.

• Psychological & physical effects.

• IDPs, Refugees & people in DDR processes.

• Unreported/under reported & under responded.

• Stigma & banishment.

• Indicators, precedence, patterns & trends.

• Culture of impunity.

• Weak State capacities.

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Patterns/Trends

CRSV is usually committed as part of/during: • Attack on IDPs/refugees; protection sites/safe heavens; political leaders

and their families; people undergoing DDR processes; religious/cultural institutions/monuments; community settlements;

• Waylaying of women/girls during subsistence/economic activities; • House to house searches; • Abduction/kidnapping/hostage taking; • Predatory attacks/practices; • Increased vulnerabilities (political strife, displacements, etc.); • Forcible obtaining of logistical support; • Abduction/forced recruitment of boys and girls; • Punitive strikes/retribution against rival communities/groups; • Scorched Earth Policy; &, • In detention as a form of torture & intimidation.

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Potential Victims

• Rival socio- politico-ethnic-religious individuals/groups/ communities & associated people.

• Other Personnel (disabled, elderly, orphans, detained persons, IDPs, refugees, etc.).

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Perpetrators

• State actors (civil/military/police/gendarme officials/entities).

• Non-State actors (armed actors/groups, militias, organised criminal networks, former combatants, young men brutalised by conflict, etc.

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Victims of recent inter-tribal violence receive treatment at a hospital in Akobo, Sudan (May 2009).

The town of Abyei was the scene of renewed violence (May 2011)

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Threats

• Rape (including torture);

• Sexual slavery (in camps & in the bush);

• Forced prostitution/pregnancy & enforced

sterilization; &,

• Any other sexual violence of comparable

gravity (e.g. sexual mutilation,

emasculation, branding, & forced marriage/

abortion/incest, etc.).

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An eight-year-old girl, shown at a safe house in Monrovia, Liberia, was told by her aunt to "keep quiet" about her father’s molestation and eventual rape

Vivian (left), a caregiver at a safe house in Monrovia, Liberia, coaches an eleven-year-old rape victim

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CRSV : Motives

• Control of population, territory & natural resources.

• Political repression, sectarian violence & ethnic cleansing.

• Humiliation(men & women).

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Legal Aspects

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Legal Aspects

• A gross violation of IHRL, grave breach of IHL, International Criminal

Law, International Customary Law & Refugee Law.

• A crime in most National legal systems.

• A threat to international peace & security (ICC Jurisdiction).

– A war crime &/or crime against humanity &/or a form of torture

&/or a constituent act of genocide (under ICC).

• A ‘tactic of war’.

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Strategic Approach

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Framework at UNHQ

HQ

UNSC

UNA

SRSG-SVC

TOE

DPKO

OHCHR

At the UNHQ level, following entities support implementation of CRSV mandate:

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Strategic Measures

Strategic

Approach

Peace

Process

WPS

Political

Dialogue

Commit-ments

Listing

Sanction

Ending Impunity

* Accountability * Responsiveness * Judicial Capacity

* Prohibition * Accountability * Codes of Conduct * Investigation * Cooperate * Designate

* SCR 1960 (2010) * Secretary-General’s Annual Report * Pattern & Collectivity

* UNSC * UN Sanctions Committee * Targeted, graduated & State-specific

* Monitoring * Criminal Accountability * Judicial Process * National Forums * ICC/Tribunals * Deterrence & Prevention

* Inclusive. * Reflective.

* Empowerment of women * Equality * Participation in mediation * Protection

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DPKO/DFS Role

• Develops policy, guidance & training materials.

• Advises Senior Management & Mission leadership.

• Promotes human rights & a gender-sensitive approach.

• Mainstream/coordinate/implement CRSV mandate.

• Monitors trends & patterns of CRSV.

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Role and Responsibilities of Members States

and

Regional/Sub-Regional Organizations:

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Members States Role

• Heighten awareness and responsiveness to PoC,

• Ensure full compliance of the zero tolerance policy on SEA,

• Include the full range of crimes of SV in national penal legislation

• Include specific training on sexual and gender-based violence

• Support national and international programs that assist victims

• Deploy higher percentage of women peacekeepers in peacekeeping operations;

• Encouraged to lend expertise on SV investigation and response; and,

• Respect international jurisdiction for the violation of international law .

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Regional and Sub-regional Bodies Role

• Taking measures to increase the representation of women in mediation processes and

decision-making processes with regard to conflict resolution and peacebuilding;

• Providing information on situations of armed conflict in which SV has been widely or

systematically employed against civilians;

• Analysing the prevalence and trends of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict;

• Proposing strategies to minimize the susceptibility of women and girls to such violence;

• Establishing benchmarks for measuring progress in preventing and addressing SV; and

• Collecting timely, objective, accurate, and reliable information on the use of CRSV.

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Summary of Key Messages

Rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy,

enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of

comparable gravity, against women, men, girls or boys in a conflict

or post-conflict situation constitute CRSV.

A crime of IHRL/IHL/ICL

Punishable & preventable.

Under-reported & under-responded

Address through peace process; women’s participation; political

engagement, eliciting commitments; listing of perpetrators;

imposing sanctions & judicial processes.

Proactive measures & credible responses to neutralise threats.

Survivor & community centric.

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Conclusion

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Conclusion

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QUESTIONS?

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Thank you

Merci

شكرا

Gracias

謝謝

спасибо

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