This summer, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2734–a critical step forward for the global campaign to end gender-based violence, and paving the way for greater accountability for conflict-related sexual violence. This article covers the impact of the resolution, the events leading up to it, and how stakeholders can leverage 2734.
Tag: Counterterrorism and the UN
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Around the world, states are using UN resolutions, policy guidance, and technical assistance to justify mounting human rights violations, frequently targeting activists and civil society groups. While there is a common desire to see the UN correct its course, for many in civil society, the risks and costs of such engagement currently may not be worth the benefits on offer.
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Member states still agree on the need to counter terrorism in all its forms and manifestations with the sort of reinvigorated, networked multilateralism the Secretary-General called for during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
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Experience from MINUSMA has shown that UN peace operations and counterterrorism are an uneasy match.
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Civil society organizations (CSOs) are often more knowledgeable, experienced, and trusted by local communities than governments, and their contributions have been well documented across various aspects of counterterrorism and prevention.
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Rehema Zaid, an activist in Kenya, discusses the experiences of local actors working on gender and preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE).
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In counterterrorism and conflict-affected contexts, criminal domestic laws have continued to prevail over international humanitarian law, creating legal pressure on, and security risks for, humanitarian and medical personnel, along with their activities and facilities.
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Profound recalibration, restraint, and meaningful oversight of counterterrorism practices and institutions are needed within the UN system in order to advance both human rights and security.
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Absent international legal mechanisms and multilateral agreements to support the trial of ISIS detainees in northern Syria—including a resolution to adjudicate international crimes—domestic courts in member states are emerging as promising platforms for administering justice.
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The roll-out of counterterrorism and P/CVE policies, plans, and projects in the Philippines is having a significant negative impact on peace, security, and the fulfillment of human rights in the country.
