Rape and Abuse of Women in the Areas of Armed Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia

A/RES/48/143View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1994–1997

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/51/115

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1997	A/RES/51/115	Rape and abuse of women in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia	1,212	43%Compare
1995	A/RES/49/205	Rape and abuse of women in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia	1,567	40%Compare
1994	A/RES/48/143	Rape and abuse of women in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia	1,153	–

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13 operative paragraphs

Resolution 217 A (III).

Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.

Resolution 260 A (III).

Resolution 39/46, annex.

Resolution 34/180, annex.

Resolution 44/25, annex.

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.

Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.

S/25240, annex I.

E/CN.4/1993/50, annex II.

Strongly condemns the abhorrent practice of rape and abuse of women and children in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia, which constitutes a war crime;

Expresses its outrage that the systematic practice of rape is being used as a weapon of war and an instrument of "ethnic cleansing" against the women and children in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia, in particular against Muslim women and children in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Demands that those involved immediately cease those outrageous acts, which are in gross violation of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 8/ and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977, 9/ and take immediate action to ensure the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with their obligations under those instruments and other applicable international human rights instruments;

E/CN.4/1994/47.

E/CN.4/1994/5.

See E/1993/27-E/CN.6/1993/18 and Corr.1, chap. I, sect. C.

Urges all Member States to take joint and separate action, in cooperation with the United Nations, to bring about an end to that despicable practice;

Reaffirms that all persons who perpetrate or authorize crimes against humanity and other violations of international humanitarian law are individually responsible for those violations, and that those in positions of authority who have failed adequately to ensure that persons under their control comply with the relevant international instruments are accountable together with the perpetrators;

Urges Member States to exert every effort to bring to justice, in accordance with internationally recognized principles of due process, all those individuals directly or indirectly involved in those outrageous international crimes;

Commends the Special Rapporteur for his report on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia; 12/

Urges all States and all relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, including the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Health Organization, to provide to the victims of such rape and abuse appropriate assistance for their physical and mental rehabilitation;

Invites the Commission on Human Rights to request the Special Rapporteur to continue investigation into the rape and abuse of women and children in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia, in particular in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Declares that rape is a heinous crime and encourages the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 to give due priority to the cases of the victims of rape in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia, in particular in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide such necessary means as are available to him in the area to enable any future missions to have free and secure access to places of detention;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly not later than 31 January 1994;

Decides to continue the consideration of this question at its forty-ninth session.

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