Dark day to combat violence against women: on Tuesday, 23 April, the United Nations (UN) Security Council approved a resolution on the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, which was completely gutted of substance by the United States, Russia and China.
According to press reports, the German draft text was originally intended to establish a formal working party, set up a mechanism to help bring perpetrators to justice, and develop protections for victims by granting them sexual and...