Alternative Report on the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): Sri Lanka, “Women and Armed Conflict”

Gender-based violence against women has gained recognition under International law, in the jurisdictions of international courts and tribunals, in the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) itself and under the Security Council's effort to broaden their approaches to peace and security. But an intertwined approach is still lacking and a concerted and coherent response from the UN system is needed. 

All governments and legal authorities which fail to protect women and to discipline those found responsible for gender-based crimes are guilty of indemnity. Addressing this impunity raises the question of sexual violence, gender discrimination and patriarchal structures.