"PRAMILA PATTEN"

Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence (S/2023/413). Letter dated 26 June 2023 from the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2023/476).

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence and Conflict Pramila Patten told the Security Council that “gang rape, sexual slavery and other forms of sexual violence are being used as a tactic of war, torture, and terrorism, to subjugate and displace populations.” UNIFEED

A UN top official warned the Security Council that, as the conflict in Ukraine passes the 100 day mark, there are mounting allegations of sexual violence. UNIFEED

Sexual violence ‘most hidden crime’ being committed against Ukrainians, civil society representative tells Security Council.

Informal comments to the media by United Kingdom Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia Murad and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten on accountability for conflict-related sexual violence.

Security Council delegates demand justice for perpetrators of sexual violence in armed conflict, urge creation of sanctions designation criterion.

Security Council delegates demand justice for perpetrators of sexual violence in armed conflict, urge creation of sanctions designation criterion.

The United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, told the Security Council that over the past year, “sexual violence continued to be committed as a tactic of war, torture, terrorism and political repression,” with a reported increase of "some 800 cases compared with 2020.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.