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Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 |
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on
Women, Peace and Security (Resolution 1325) was unanimously passed on
31 October 2000. It is one of the most important international mandates
covering the full and equal participation of women in all peace and
security initiatives, as well as the mainstreaming of gender issues in
the context of armed conflict, peacebuilding and reconstruction
processes. The Resolution represented the first time that the Council
formally recognized the distinct roles and experiences of women in
different phases of conflict, its resolution and its long-term
management. Further, the Resolution emphasized that incorporating women leads to more effective and practical security policies and activities. |
Since Resolution 1325 was passed, there has been only limited progress in its implementation. To date, sixteen countries have produced National Action Plans (NAPs) implementing the resolution: Austria, Belgium, Chile, Cote D’Ivoire, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Liberia, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. For more information on these National Action Plans, please see the National Action Plan webpage.
Regional action plans and initiatives could ideally play
a complementary and mutually supportive role with National Action
Plans. Despite this, to date, action to implement Resolutions 1325 and
1820 at the regional level has largely been lacking. Nevertheless,
there are several ongoing regional processes of note. The European
Union has been active in promoting the implementation of Resolution
1325 through the development of several legal and political documents,
including the EU
Comprehensive Approach for the Implementation of UN Security Council
Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on Women, Peace and Security (2008).While there has been no consistent regional initiative in Africa, the
African Union has been an active supporter of Resolution 1325 and there
has been a great deal of action taken to mainstream gender in all AU
programmes. There has additionally been several initiatives at the
sub-regional level in Africa. Although a specific regional approach to
Resolution has not been developed in Latin America, the region has a
number of legal and policy initiatives on women, peace and security
issues, including the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention ofBelem Do Para).
The UN-INSTRAW Gender, Peace and Security Programme
endorses the key recommendations of Resolution 1325 and works to
promote its implementation within the UN system, by national
governments and by non-state entities. This work includes technical
support for the development of National Action Plans on the
implementation of the resolution, as well as research into different
aspects of the resolution, such as the mainstreaming of gender
perspectives into peacekeeping operations.
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Resolutions 1820, 1888, and 1889
The content of Resolution 1325 was complemented and expanded by the passage of Resolution 1820 in 2008 and subsequently Resolutions 1888 and 1889 in 2009. These Resolutions all cover topics under Women, Peace and Security. |
Resolution 1820 condemns the use of rape and other forms of sexual violence in conflict situations, stating that rape can constitute a war crime, a crime against humanity, or a constitutive act with respect to genocide. The Resolution calls on Member States to comply with their obligations to prosecute the perpetrators of sexual violence, to ensure that all victims of sexual violence have equal protection under the law and equal access to justice, and to end impunity for sexual violence. |
Resolution 1888 complements Resolution 1820 and asks the Secretary-General to rapidly deploy a team of experts to situations of particular concern regarding sexual violence. The Resolution further calls for the appointment of a special representative to lead efforts to end conflict-related sexual violence against women and children, and to include information about the prevalence of sexual violence in a report by UN peacekeeping missions to the Security Council. |
Resolution 1889 reaffirms the provisions of Resolution 1325, stressing the need for Member States to effectively implement the Resolution. The Resolution calls on the Secretary-General to develop a strategy, including through appropriate training, to increase the number of women appointed to pursue good offices on his behalf and to submit within six months a set of indicators to track implementation of the Resolution. | Projects
The Gender, Peace and Security Programme has undertaken two major
projects to support national action around Resolution 1325. UN-INSTRAW
worked extensively with the Government of Liberia to support the
formulation of the country’s National Action Plan. The culmination of
the project was the release in March 2009 of the Liberian National Action Plan. For more information on the project, please click here.
UN-INSTRAW also worked the Somali Diaspora population in Italy to
support the full and sustainable implementation of Resolution 1325 in
Somalia. For more information on the project, please click here.
Publications
The Institute’s main publication on Resolution 1325 is Securing Equality, Engendering Peace: A guide to policy on planning on women, peace and security.
The publication has been used to support the development of NAPs in
several countries, including Chile, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Liberia,
the Netherlands, Somalia and Spain. The purpose of this guide is to
help facilitate the development of realistic action plans on women,
peace and security through the provision of good practices, specific
recommendations and a six-step model process.
Currently, UN-INSTRAW, in conjunction with the Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) and International Alert, is preparing a review document that analyzes good practices and lessons learned from the formulation and implementation of National Action Plans on Resolution 1325. The publication will be launched in November 2009 in preparation for the 10th anniversary of Resolution 1325 in 2010.
Virtual Discussions
To celebrate and reflect on Resolution 1325, in November 2008 UN-INSTRAW brought together key policy-makers, governmental representatives and civil society actors from all over the world for a three-week virtual dialogue entitled "Planning for Action: Good Practices on Implementing Resolution 1325 at the National Level". The aim of the dialogue was to highlight existing efforts for the implementation of 1325 and to strengthen the replication of good practices between Member States that plan to, are in the process of, or have already published a National Action Plan. For more information and documentation from the dialogue, please click here.
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