One year after her appointment, Special Representative to the Secretary General on Sexual Violence, Ms. Margot Walstrom, gave her report to the Security Council and SG Ban Ki-Moon on the appalling levels of brutality and systematic rape of girls and women in war torn countries.
The adoption of Resolution 1960 came during the open debate of the Security Council at the United Nations in New York on Women, Peace and Security following Ms. Walstrom’s report.
SCR 1960 will help ensure that mass rape and sexual violence will be a liability for armed groups and their superior officers and commanders. The resolution further instructs the Secretary General and Security Council to “list the parties who have committed acts of sexual violence and and if necessary impose sanctions, to expose their superiors to increased international scrutiny, seal off the corridors of power and close all exits.”
Ms. Walstrom said, “Today’s resolution will help ensure that mass rape is never again met with mass impunity, and this must apply equally whether the victim is an 8 year old girl or an 80 year old grandmother.”
Submitted by Lois Beilin, SI UN Rep/NY
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