In the Council’s expected deliberations on Sudan/South Sudan, particularly on the ongoing crisis in South Sudan, Council members should ask specific questions regarding the protection of women and girls, and the participation of women in the current efforts to bring about a political solution to this crisis. Specifically, the Council should:

• Affirm the African Union Peace and Security Commission’s (AUPSC Communique Dec 30 2013) call for unconditional and inclusive dialogue following a negotiated ceasefire. As per SCR 2122 (2013), the Security Council should strongly support mechanisms for inclusion and consultation embedded in the design of the peace negotiation process, particularly regarding women’s participation. Women must hold seats at the table as members of negotiation teams, mediators, and as observers/monitors, with local women meaningfully consulted by facilitators, guarantors, and parties;
• Ensure that, given a troop increase per SCR 2132 (2013) and the disproportionate number of women seeking refuge in UNMISS compounds and IDP camps, UNMISS takes full measures to guarantee compliance with the UN zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse. The Council should urge UNMISS to ensure training/sensitization of all troops on sexual and gender-based violence and protection, and should strongly recommend UNMISS establish a reporting and monitoring mechanism in each camp and in any area troops are providing protection, to receive and/or address complains of sexual assault or abuse, by troops and by security forces in or around areas of refuge;
• Inquire into, and insist on full, prompt deployment of the new UNMISS resources, in particular to provide more effective protection to the civilian population at risk, create the conditions for humanitarian assistance, and allow human rights monitors and others to investigate and document violations and abuses by all parties; and
• Insist on the need for accountability for grave human rights violations and abuses, and the need to avoid offering or agreeing on amnesties or any such measure that would perpetuate impunity for grave human rights violations and abuses, in particular those committed against women and girls.

In the Council’s expected deliberations on Sudan/South Sudan, particularly on the ongoing crisis in South Sudan, Council members should ask specific questions regarding the protection of women and girls, and the participation of women in the current efforts to bring about a political solution to this crisis. Specifically, the Council should:

• Affirm the African Union Peace and Security Commission’s (AUPSC Communique Dec 30 2013) call for unconditional and inclusive dialogue following a negotiated ceasefire. As per SCR 2122 (2013), the Security Council should strongly support mechanisms for inclusion and consultation embedded in the design of the peace negotiation process, particularly regarding women’s participation. Women must hold seats at the table as members of negotiation teams, mediators, and as observers/monitors, with local women meaningfully consulted by facilitators, guarantors, and parties;
• Ensure that, given a troop increase per SCR 2132 (2013) and the disproportionate number of women seeking refuge in UNMISS compounds and IDP camps, UNMISS takes full measures to guarantee compliance with the UN zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse. The Council should urge UNMISS to ensure training/sensitization of all troops on sexual and gender-based violence and protection, and should strongly recommend UNMISS establish a reporting and monitoring mechanism in each camp and in any area troops are providing protection, to receive and/or address complains of sexual assault or abuse, by troops and by security forces in or around areas of refuge;
• Inquire into, and insist on full, prompt deployment of the new UNMISS resources, in particular to provide more effective protection to the civilian population at risk, create the conditions for humanitarian assistance, and allow human rights monitors and others to investigate and document violations and abuses by all parties; and
• Insist on the need for accountability for grave human rights violations and abuses, and the need to avoid offering or agreeing on amnesties or any such measure that would perpetuate impunity for grave human rights violations and abuses, in particular those committed against women and girls.