UN Special Representative Patten expresses grave concern over reports of sexual violence in detention setting in Myanmar
United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, strongly condemns the Myanmar military’s widespread and systematic attacks against civilians, especially women and children, as well as other serious violations of human rights since it seized power on 1 February 2021.
UN Officials Express Grave Concern over Rising Levels of Sexual Violence in Somalia
Joint press release by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten
UN Action Newsletter Issue #1
UN Action’s inaugural, bi-annual newsletter showcases the Network’s current initiatives, members, and supporters in the global response to conflict-related sexual violence.
Peacekeeping Operations: Preventing and Responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (2020 Annual Report)
This is a first of its kind report capturing activities and good practices in preventing and responding to CRSV by MINUSCA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, UNAMID and UNMISS in 2020, developed by DPO. The report promotes the implementation of the Policy for United Nations Field Missions on Preventing and Responding to CRSV and accompanying handbook, both released…
UNMISS Joint Action Plan of the Armed Forces on CRSV (2021 – 2023)
The Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Hon. Angelina Teny, and senior leadership of the Joint Defence Board (JDB) launched the “Action Plan for the Armed Forces on addressing conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan” on the 19th of June 2021. It was a significant event as it coincided with the International Day for the…
Model Legislative Provisions and Guidance on Investigation and Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
The Model Legislative Provisions and Guidance on Investigation and Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence was produced by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (“OSRSG-SVC”). It benefited from the work of Maxine Marcus and Kathy Roberts, Co-Directors of Partners in Justice International (“PJI”) who were its lead drafters….
UN Action Window of the Conflict-related Sexual Violence Multi-Partner Trust Fund Terms of Reference
These Terms of Reference outline the programmatic decision-making process for the use of funds by the UN-Action window of the CRSV-MPTF. Under the CRSV-MPTF, two windows are established – one for UN Action and the other for the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict (TOE). Each of these…
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Multi-Partner Trust Fund Terms of Reference
This document outlines the terms of reference for the Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Multi-Partner Trust Fund which was preceded by the UN Action Multi-partner Trust fund created to mobilize funds to support the work of UN Action, streamline joint programming, fund the UN Action Secretariat and a modest range of joint catalytic programmatic activities. The CRSV-MPTF…