UN / SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, told the Security Council that “many victims of Da’esh and Boko Haram face the additional heartbreak of being shunned by their own communities if they return.” Sexual violence, she said, “is still the only crime that stigmatizes the victim rather than the perpetrator.” UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:22
• Production Date: 2 June 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON; ZAINAB BANGURA
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS
• MAMS Id: 1634752
• Parent Id: 1634752
• Alternate Title: unifeed160602c

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STORY: UN / SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
TRT: 02.22
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 2 JUNE 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

25 APRIL 2014, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Sexual violence is widely recognized as a deliberate strategy used to shred the fabric of society; to control and intimidate communities and to force people from their homes. It is rightly seen as a threat to international peace and security, a serious violation of international humanitarian and human rights law, and a major impediment to post-conflict reconciliation and economic development.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“International jurisprudence has also been developed around sexual violence in conflict, leading to landmark cases against political and military leaders. The recent conviction of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo by the International Criminal Court was the latest sign that the era of impunity for sexual violence as a tool of war is over.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The abduction of more than 200 girls from Chibok in Nigeria more than two years ago is one of the most horrific examples of the use of sexual violence as a tactic of terrorism. I call for the immediate release of all those taken captive, and for the care and support of those who return, who can suffer from social isolation and depression.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict:
“And we must also confront the reality that after all they have endured in captivity, many victims of Da’esh and Boko Haram face the additional heartbreak of being shunned by their own communities if they return. Sexual violence is still the only crime that stigmatizes the victim rather than the perpetrator. We must not only bring back our girls, we must bring them back to an environment of support, equality and opportunity.”
11. Med shot, delegates
12. Wide shot, Security Council

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (2 Jun) said that sexual violence “is widely recognized as a deliberate strategy used to shred the fabric of society; to control and intimidate communities and to force people from their homes.”

Ban said the practice is “rightly seen as a threat to international peace and security, a serious violation of international humanitarian and human rights law, and a major impediment to post-conflict reconciliation and economic development.”

Addressing a Security Council debate on sexual violence in conflict, the Secretary-General noted that international jurisprudence has been developed around sexual violence in conflict, “leading to landmark cases against political and military leaders.”

He said “the recent conviction of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo by the International Criminal Court was the latest sign that the era of impunity for sexual violence as a tool of war is over.”

Ban pointed out that extremists groups, including Da’esh and Boko Haram, are using sexual violence as a tactic of terrorism and said the abduction of more than 200 girls from Chibok in Nigeria more than two years ago was “one of the most horrific examples of the use of sexual violence as a tactic of terrorism.”

He called for the immediate release of all who have been taken captive, “as well as for the care and support of those who return, and suffer from social isolation and depression.”

Also briefing the Council, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, said “many victims of Da’esh and Boko Haram face the additional heartbreak of being shunned by their own communities if they return.”

Sexual violence, she said, “is still the only crime that stigmatizes the victim rather than the perpetrator.”

Bangura said “we must not only bring back our girls, we must bring them back to an environment of support, equality and opportunity.”