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oapen-20.500.12657-427202020-10-28T02:02:20Z New Directions in Women, Peace and Security Basu, Soumita Kirby, Paul C. Shepherd, Laura C. conflict conflict resolution girl's rights human rights international law sexual violence the United Nations WPS women's rights women, peace and security bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions::JPSN1 United Nations & UN agencies Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is rooted in international law – notably international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law. UNSCR 1325 specifically calls upon states to respect fully the obligations within these laws, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Subsequent WPS resolutions emphasize the need for commitment to women’s human rights and implementation of human rights law, without again referencing CEDAW until Resolution 2467 in April 2019. Despite the evident association of subject matter, the first seven WPS resolutions after 1325 are surprisingly silent about trafficking in women and girls, including in armed conflict. Resolution 2467 does refer to trafficking in persons but only to ask the Security Council Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate to include in its country reports information about states’ efforts to address it. This does not comprehensively locate trafficking within the WPS agenda. 2020-10-27T13:10:10Z 2020-10-27T13:10:10Z 2020 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42720 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781529207774_12_web.pdf https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/new-directions-in-women-peace-and-security Bristol University Press 10.47674/9781529207774.012 10.47674/9781529207774.012 1c3eed4f-33ba-4e18-91b5-cf9a96ff57ee 34 Bristol open access
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is rooted in international law – notably international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law. UNSCR 1325 specifically calls upon states to respect fully the obligations within these laws, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Subsequent WPS resolutions emphasize the need for commitment to women’s human rights and implementation of human rights law, without again referencing CEDAW until Resolution 2467 in April 2019. Despite the evident association of subject matter, the first seven WPS resolutions after 1325 are surprisingly silent about trafficking in women and girls, including in armed conflict. Resolution 2467 does refer to trafficking in persons but only to ask the Security Council Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate to include in its country reports information about states’ efforts to address it. This does not comprehensively locate trafficking within the WPS agenda.
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