The Women's Rights Convention ('UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women'), adopted by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 1979, is a United Nations international convention on women's rights. On 31 October 2000, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325, which deals with the role of women in peace and security processes. This was the first time that the participation of women was confirmed as necessary to build and maintain peace. Conflict prevention, peace processes and post-conflict rehabilitation were thus recognised as women's and thus human rights. And for the first time, the Security Council made it clear that sexualised and gender-based violence is a crime that must be systematically punished and eliminated. The core of the resolution is the participation of women in peace processes, the prevention of wars and protection against gender-based violence. This resolution laid the foundation for the 'Women, Peace and Security agenda'. |
