Abstract:
1. States parties undertake to respect and ensure
respect for the rules of international humanitarian law
applicable in armed conflict situations, which affect the
population, particularly women.
2. States parties shall, in accordance with the
obligations incumbent upon them under international
humanitarian law, protect civilians including women,
irrespective of the population to which they belong, in
the event of armed conflict.
3. States parties undertake to protect asylum seeking
women, refugees, returnees and internally displaced
persons, against all forms of violence, rape and other
forms of sexual exploitation, and to ensure that such
acts are considered war crimes, genocide and/or crimes
against humanity and that their perpetrators are brought
to justice before a competent criminal jurisdiction.
4. States parties shall take all necessary measures to
ensure that no child, especially girls under 18 years of
age, take a direct part in hostilities and that no child is
recruited as a soldier.
