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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1960(2010) : ett steg fram mot avskaffandet av det sexuella våldet i konflikter eller ett steg tillbaka till förlegade stereotyper?

Sterner, Desirée LU (2013) MRSG20 20122
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
This essay explores and analyses the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1960 which address sexual violence in conflicts. This essays analyze is of the use of language in the resolution and the concepts used in the resolution. This essay will analyze the way women and men are portrayed and how the resolution uses the terms victim and perpetrator. The goal is to see how the language in the resolution may affect the actions to prevent and to stop sexual violence in conflicts. In this essay I argue that the language maintain stereotypes about who the victim of sexual violence is and sustain the power structure that is behind it.
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author
Sterner, Desirée LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20122
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
armed conflict, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1960(2010), sexual violence, Human rights, mänskliga rättigheter
language
Swedish
id
3358903
date added to LUP
2013-02-26 11:40:38
date last changed
2021-11-22 10:47:13
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  abstract     = {{This essay explores and analyses the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1960 which address sexual violence in conflicts. This essays analyze is of the use of language in the resolution and the concepts used in the resolution. This essay will analyze the way women and men are portrayed and how the resolution uses the terms victim and perpetrator. The goal is to see how the language in the resolution may affect the actions to prevent and to stop sexual violence in conflicts. In this essay I argue that the language maintain stereotypes about who the victim of sexual violence is and sustain the power structure that is behind it.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{United Nations Security Council Resolution 1960(2010) : ett steg fram mot avskaffandet av det sexuella våldet i konflikter eller ett steg tillbaka till förlegade stereotyper?}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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