As of June 3, the U.N. human rights office had received 124 allegations of conflict-related sexual violence 바카라 97 of them involving women and girls, 19 against men, seven against boys and one gender unknown.
Sexual violence in Ukraine, especially against women and girls, remains prevalent and underreported, and the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country is turning into 바카라a human trafficking crisis,바카라 the U.N. special envoy for sexual violence in conflict said Monday.
Pramila Patten told the U.N. Security Council that there is a gap between its resolutions aimed at preventing rape and other sexual attacks during conflicts and the reality on the ground for the most vulnerable -- women and children.
As of June 3, she said, the U.N. human rights office had received 124 allegations of conflict-related sexual violence 바카라 97 of them involving women and girls, 19 against men, seven against boys and one gender unknown.
Verification of the cases is continuing.
Patten said Ukraine's prosecutor general informed her during a visit in May that a national hotline reported the following forms of conflict-related sexual violence between Feb. 24, when Russian troops invaded the country, and April 12: 바카라rape, gang rape, pregnancy following rape, attempted rape, threats of rape, coercion to watch an act of sexual violence committed against a partner or a child, and forced nudity.바카라
She said the history of conflicts shows that 바카라sexual violence is the most consistently and massively under-reported violation,바카라 adding that is why it is critical to reinforce prevention and protection and provide services to victims from the onset of any armed conflict.
Russia's U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, categorically rejected and condemned all allegations of sexual violence by Russian troops as 바카라lies.바카라 He said Russia's soldiers are subject to strict rules prohibiting torture and violence against civilians.
He claimed the same rules don't apply to Ukraine's 바카라nationalist battalions바카라 and said the international community will soon have 바카라the full truth about these crimes, including crimes of a sexual nature, committed by Ukrainian nationalist units and the Ukrainian armed forces.바카라
Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said his country's law enforcement bodies, media and non-governmental groups 바카라continue to report numerous cases of sexual violence committed by Russian troops.바카라
According to the Ministry of Interior, he said, 바카라minors and elderly women were among the victims of Russian rapists바카라 and 바카라fatalities have also been registered.바카라
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield cited 바카라a mountain of credible reports of atrocities committed by Russia's forces against civilians,바카라 including 바카라horrific accounts of sexual violence.바카라
바카라More and more allegations show Russia's soldiers sexually assaulting women and girls, as well as men and boys,바카라 she said.
바카라We have heard from Ukraine's deputy prime minister that Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian women for hours 바카라 and then killed them.바카라
Patten, who also visited reception centres and border crossings in Poland and Moldova, gave several anecdotal accounts of trafficking attempts and expressed serious concern at 바카라the lack of consistent vetting of accommodation offers and transportation arrangements바카라 for Ukrainians fleeing the fighting.
She said over 90% of those refugees are women and children.
She said that Ukraine has established a temporary task force on human trafficking, but that it is equally critical to ensure protection systems for refugees in all transit and destination countries and at all border crossing.
As the humanitarian crisis 바카라is turning into a human trafficking crisis,바카라 Patten said, there is an urgent need for cross-border response 바카라by humanitarian partners, law enforcement agencies, border forces, immigration officials and political leaders바카라 as well as a 바카라regional compact.바카라