Delegation+of+Human+Rights+Watch

By Hyun Joo (Angela)
 * __ Eliminating sexual violence in conflict and related situations __**


 * Statistics**
 * Only 6% of rapes reported to the police gets successive results
 * Over two -thirds of cases are lost during the police investigation
 * 77.9% of the study cases and 72.1% of the controls said that they feared being beaten if they refused to have sex
 * South Africa, one of the world's highest reported rates of violent crimes committed against women had…
 * That more and more girls are being raped before they reach the age of 15 years old.
 * Sometimes the girls are targeted by rapists because they believe in the myth that sex with a virgin can purify him from the HIV/AIDS virus
 * 20% of young men thought that women enjoyed to be raped.
 * One third of the men and women did not think that to force sex on someone you know, is an act of sexual violence.
 * Some of the girls did not know that they have the right to refuse sex
 * More than 10% of teenage boys thought that gang rape was a cool game
 * One reason which young men rape girl is to teach her a lesson, to break her pride.

— rape within marriage or dating relationships; — rape by strangers; — Systematic rape during armed conflict; — Unwanted sexual advances or sexual harassment, including demanding sex in return for favors; — Sexual abuse of mentally or physically disabled people; — Sexual abuse of children; — forced marriage or cohabitation, including the marriage of children; — Denial of the right to use contraception or to adopt other measures to protect against sexually transmitted diseases; — forced abortion; — Being young; — Consuming alcohol or drugs; — Having previously been raped or sexually abused; — Having may sexual partners; — Involvement in sex word; — becoming more educated and economically empowered, at least where sexual violence perpetrated by an intimate partner is concerned; — Poverty
 * Problems**
 * Sexual violence and abuse have a devastating impact on victims, their families and friends, and wider society.
 * Addressing these crimes and the harm they cause is a priority for the Government
 * Direct physical health consequences of sexual violence and child sexual abuse: physical injury, sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy.
 * Long-term consequences of sexual violence and child sexual abuse: post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and panic attacks, depression, social phobia, substance abuse, obesity, eating disorders, self harm and suicide, domestic violence and in some cases, offending behavior.
 * Child abuse can also impact on educational attainment and school attendance.
 * The overall cost to society of sexual offences in 2003-04 was estimated at £8.5 billion (each rape costing over £76,000).
 * Wide range of sexually violent acts
 * Factors influencing the risk of sexual violence:

— Broadening the definition of rape; — Reforming the rules on sentencing and on admissibility of evidence; — Removing the requirements for victims’ accounts to be confirmed. — The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979); — The Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) and its Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2000); — The Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) and its supplemental Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000); — The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984);
 * Solutions**
 * Development of guidelines for providing care to sexual assault survivors / Ensure health services for survivors of sexual violence
 * Development of a structure to guide policies on sexual violence.
 * Address the long-term impacts of sexual violence on community and national recovery efforts
 * Develop the counseling, Therapy with the sexual assault survivors
 * Develop Life-skills and other educational programs
 * Make Campaigns, School-based programs to make people aware of the situation, raise awareness so that women at potential risk are aware of the danger of trafficking.
 * Law reform
 * International Treaties


 * BIBLIOGRAPHY**
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 * Resolution-**by Hyun Joo (Angela)


 * General Assembly Third Committee**

Topic: “Eliminating sexual violence in conflict and related situations”

The General Assembly,

__Bearing in mind__ that the definition of Sexual Violence can be divided into 3 sections: a) use of physical force to compel a person to engage in a sexual act against his or her will, whether or not the act is completed, b) attempted or completed sex act involving a person who is unable to understand the act, to decline participation, or to communicate unwillingness to engage in the sexual act, c) and, abusive sexual contact, __Reminding__ that sexual violence and abuse have a devastating impact on victims, their families and friends, and wider society,

__Fully aware__ that the direct physical health consequences of sexual violence and child sexual abuse can be: a) physical injury, b) sexually transmitted infections, c) and, unwanted pregnancy,

__Stressing__ the fact that the long-term consequences of sexual violence and child sexual abuse are more serious, such as but not limited to: a) post-traumatic stress disorder, b) anxiety and panic attacks, c) depression, d) social phobia, e) substance abuse, f) obesity, eating disorders, g) self harm and suicide, h) and, domestic violence and in some cases offending behavior,

__Keeping in mind__ that the child abuse can also impact on their: a) educational attainment, b) and, school attendance,

__Recalling__ that the overall cost to society of sexual offences in 2003-04 was £8.5 billion, meant that each rape cost over £76,000,

__Nothing with satisfaction__ that only 6% of rapes reported to the police gets successive results back – and furthermore, two-thirds of cases are lost during the police investigation,

__Emphasizing__ that the factors influencing the risk of sexual violence includes factors such as but not limited to: a) Poverty, b) Young age, c) and, consuming alcohols or drugs,

__Deeply disturbed__ of the survey results of South Africa, one of the world’s highest country having the rates of violent crimes committed against woman, such as: a) more than 10% of teenage boys thought that gang rape was a cool game, b) some of the girls did not know that they have the right to refuse sex, c) sometimes the girls are targeted by rapists because they believe in the myth that sex with a virgin can purify him from the HIV/AIDS virus, d) one third of the men and women did not think that to force sex on someone you know, is an act of sexual violence, e) and, one of the reason which young men rape girl is to teach her a lesson, to break her pride,

1. __Encourages__ developing guidelines for providing care, such as health services, to sexual assault survivors;

2. __Requests__ to ensure people to raise their awareness of the sexual violence and its situations, and the potential risks that women might get by: a) making Campaigns; b) designing School-based programs;

3. __Recommends__ addressing the long-term impacts of sexual violence on community;

4. __Further recommends__ addressing the efforts of the country for the national recovery;

5. __Commends__ the United Nations to conclude an International Treaty for the sexual violence issue, as the treaties like: a) The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) ; b) The Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) and its Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2000); c) And, The Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) and its supplemental Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000).

6. __Suggests__ providing funding to expand supervision of sexual violence against girls in developing countries;

7. __Demands__ to develop a technical package of involvements for achievement at a country level to reduce the sexual violence;

8. __Calls upon__ launching a major media campaign to motivate social and behavioral changes of people;

9. __Expresses__ its hope to develop an exhibition of portraits from all around the world, globally, focusing on actors and actions that will help preventing sexual violence in many situations;

10. __Strongly supports__ to train health-service providers, security forces and key decision makers to effectively deal with sexual violence;

11. __Urges__ to reform the law, such points as: a) broadening the definition of rape; b) change the rules on sentences; c) change the acceptability of evidences; d) Remove the requirements for victims’ accounts to be confirmed.