UN: Finally, a Step Toward Confronting Rape in War
20 Jun 2008 00:27:10 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
(New York, June 19, 2008) – The UN Security Council's new resolution on sexual violence is a historic achievement for a body that has all too often ignored the plight of women and girls in conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch applauds the council for setting out in the resolution a clear path to systematic information-gathering on sexual violence. Until now, the Security Council has asked for information on such violence only in selected cases.
"By finally recognizing that it needs to gather detailed information, the Security Council took a major step toward confronting the grim reality of sexual violence in conflict," said Marianne Mollmann, women's rights advocate at Human Rights Watch. "And that reality means that every day many women and girls will be raped."
