Security Council Resolution 2198
Thursday, January 29, 2015
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Resolution Extracts:
Calling for all those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
General Women, Peace and Security
Protection
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Extract:
Calling for all those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law and violations or abuses of human rights including those involving violence or abuses against children and acts of sexual and gender-based violence, to be swiftly apprehended, brought to justice and held accountable,
Noting with great concern the persistence of serious human rights
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
Human Rights
Extract:
Noting with great concern the persistence of serious human rights abuses and international humanitarian law violations against civilians in the eastern part of the DRC, including summary executions, sexual and gender based violence and large scale recruitment and use of children committed by armed groups,
Recalling all its relevant resolutions on women and peace and security
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
General Women, Peace and Security
Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Extract:
Recalling all its relevant resolutions on women and peace and security, on children and armed conflict, and on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, also recalling the conclusions of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict pertaining to the parties in armed conflict of the DRC (S/AC.51/2014/3) adopted on 18 September 2014,
Welcomes the progress made to date by the Government of the DRC on ending the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict
Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Extract:
Welcomes the progress made to date by the Government of the DRC on ending the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict, urges the Government of the DRC to continue the full implementation and dissemination throughout the military chain of command, including in remote areas, of its commitments made in the action plan signed with the United Nations detailing concrete, time-bound measures to release and reintegrate children associated with the Congolese armed forces and to prevent further recruitment, and for the protection of girls and boys from sexual violence, and further calls upon the Government of the DRC to ensure that children are not detained on charges related to association with armed groups;