(ANSA) – NEW YORK, June 06 – “As of June 3, the monitoring group of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights received reports of 124 alleged acts of sexual violence related to the conflict against women, men, girls, and young people in Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Zakarpattia and Zhytomyr “. This was stated by the UN special representative for sexual violence in conflict Pramila Patten at a meeting of the Security Council on Ukraine. Women are the majority of the alleged victims, 56 out of 124, while 49 of the charges concern children (41 violence against girls, 7 against boys, while one of unknown sex). “From our experience of conflicts around the world we know that sexual violence is the most consistent and massively underestimated violation and that the available data is only the tip of the iceberg,” Patten added, warning that “the humanitarian crisis is transforming. in human trafficking “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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