A/HRC/15/57 • Number of incidents attributable to Government authorities or any militia under Government’s control Under the 2007 Armed Forces Act, serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, including rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced sterilization or perversion when committed as part of widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population may constitute a crime against humanity. Some activities were undertaken but little or no impact has been reported from the ground. Between June 2009 and April 2010, UNAMID documented 51 cases of sexual and gender-based violence in which victims described their assailants as either armed men dressed in military uniforms or as police/military offices from the regular security forces. 1.2.6 Ensure that women who experienced sexual violence have access to medical care regardless of whether they choose to report their case to the police or not. Disseminate and promote compliance with Rules of Application to Criminal Circular No. 2 that removes this requirement. Entrust State Committees with the task of monitoring compliance and publicly reporting on it. Ongoing • Number of instances of non-compliance with Rules of Application to Criminal Circular No. 2 UNAMID has organized workshops as a result of which members of the State Committees for Combating Violence Against Women and Children have become more involved in sexual and genderbased violence cases through coordination with medical staff and other stakeholders such as the prosecutor’s office and police investigators. A training workshop on SGBV was organized from 4–6 October 2009 in North Darfur for 30 female IDP leaders from Rwanda IDP camp in Tawila on strategies for combating SGBV including referral pathways. In South Darfur, authorities have made significant efforts to disseminate and promote compliance with the rules for implementation of Criminal Circular No. 2, and the State Committee members are also involved in monitoring compliance as well. However, dissemination and promotion has not taken place in remote areas of the region. In West Darfur on the other hand, there is a general lack of awareness of the rules of application of Criminal Circular No. 2 which informs about the right of women to medical care irrespective of whether or not they carry a Form 8. 22 Full implementation (i.e. all recommended activities were carried out to lay the framework for improving the situation on the ground).

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