The UN Secretary-General António Guterres as called for technology supports to ensure prevention and end crimes” including by increasing access and holding people to account for their actions online”.
The call is contained in his message marking today’s International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence was established on June 19, 2015, by the United Nations General Assembly. It is aimed at raising awareness about the need to end conflict-related sexual violence and honouring people who are subjected to sexual violence around the world. The day was also created to pay tribute to those who strived to eradicate the crime and lost their lives doing that.
In his call, the UN Secretary General said conflicts in any part of the world are often accompanied by a range of crimes with sexual violence being one of them.
Such crimes he said are used against people regardless of their gender to torture and terrorize them adding that, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence gives an opportunity to bring this issue to light so that conflict-related sexual violence is not used as a tactic of war.
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