Guinea
Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for December 2011
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for December 2011, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in West Africa:
During December, the Council will consider a report on the UN Office in West Africa (UNOWA). In its discussions, the Council should discuss the recent surge in sexual and gender-based violence, the trafficking of small arms and light weapons and its impact on the safety of civilians, especially women.
Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for December 2010
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for December 2010, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
Given the ongoing violence around the presidential elections in Guinea, the Council should remain actively engaged in all efforts to ensure the political transition there is peaceful and democratic. In addition, the Council should ensure it supports monitoring for gender-based effects of the surge in post-election violence, including monitoring impunity for sexual violence committed last year. UN Office for West Africa needs to monitor, in particular, pervasiveness of sexual violence, whether organized or not, in connection with the elections.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for November 2010
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for November 2010, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
More than a year after political violence in which more than 100 were killed and sexual violence was widely used as a tactic of political oppression, violence continues to mar elections in Guinea. Demonstrations in late October in Conakry were characterized by excessive use of force by government security forces, resulting in one death and more than 60 injured, including some with gunshot wounds. The Council should ensure it supports all efforts to ensure these elections are fair and free of violence, particularly given the previous political violence that has been perpetrated against women.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for August 2010
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for August 2010, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
The ongoing situation in Guinea should continue to be followed closely. In taking future action, the Security Council should:
- Ensure there is no impunity for perpetrators of the sexual violence and enslavement perpetrated in the events of 28th September, 2009. Concrete steps must be taken to guarantee that no such event recurs, and that there is absolute protection for human rights defenders, victims of SGBV and witnesses;
- Support steps to remove the climate of impunity for SGBV, including adherence to the women, peace and security provisions of the Guinean Penal Code, in addition to other instruments such as SCR 1325; and
- The upcoming second round of the presidential election offers opportunities to support the meaningful inclusion of women in the new government formed by the elected president; and ensure reform of the security sector to guarantee provision of security to women, especially through the reduction of threat of SGBV.
Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for June 2010
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for June 2010, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
Elections are planned for late June in Guinea, the next step in moving towards greater respect for the rule of law after decades of authoritarian and often oppressive rule. These elections must be fair and free, and once installed, the new administration must take concrete steps to ensure those responsible for the brutal September 2009 attacks on opposition supporters - in which more than 150 were killed and over 100 women raped by security forces- are held accountable.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for February 2010
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for February 2010, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
The Security Council has received the report of the Commission of Inquiry regarding the violence on the 28th September, 2009. Action regarding Guinea must include accountability for crimes of international humanitarian law, and ensure the protection of witnesses to these crimes and of human rights defenders. In addition, key actors in Guinea have signed a framework power-sharing agreement: women must be meaningfully included in future negotiations, and their rights and concerns included in any further agreements.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for November 2009
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for November 2009, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
The Secretary-General’s Commission of Inquiry has been appointed and is investigating the situation in Guinea. The Security Council should support this commission’s specific attention to the reports of targeted violence against women in its investigation. The commission should involve civil society, and ensure that adequate security measures are provided to protect witnesses, victims and their families, staff and others associated with the inquiry. The commission’s findings and recommendations should be officially proclaimed and disseminated publicly without undue delay. The recommendations should include measures for redress and guarantees of non-repetition. Women should be represented during talks regarding power-sharing in the country. These talks should include women’s rights and interests.
Download the December 2009 MAP in English [PDF]
Open Letter to Security Council Members on the Situation in Guinea
13 October 2009
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In response to recent sexual violence which was aimed at women in Guinea by members of the Guinean armed forces in the aftermath of political violence on 28 September 2009, the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security sent a letter to all Members of the Security Council urging them to support an international investigation with special attention paid to sexual violence, as well as other measures in line with the recently adopted Security Council resolution 1888.
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Guinea Security Forces Used Excessive Force In Election Protests
October 2010
Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls on the Guinean authorities to investigate reports that police used excessive force to quell election protests in the capital Conakry during the past week, leaving one person dead, about 60 injured and more than 100 detained.
Link to Article
Guinea: Guinea Solidarity Mission of 15th -20th March: Executive Summary
July 2010
Femmes Africa Solidarite
On September 28th 2009, brutal military force was used to suppress a peaceful demonstration organized by the Forces Vives comprising of Political Parties, Civil Society Organizations, and trade unions in the Conakry Stadium in Guinea. According to the report issued by the International Commission of Inquiry a total of 156 persons were killed, 109 women subjected to rape and other sexual violations and an unknown number of persons went missing. This act has been widely condemned at both national and international levels.
Link to Executive Summary
Trail of Death: LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo
28 March 2010
Human Rights Watch
A report on the LRA attack in the Makombo area of Haut Uele area on 14 and 17 December 2009.
Link to Trail of Death: LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo
Refugees in the DRC: A discussion document
January 2010
International Alert
A discussion report on Congolese refugees returning from Rwanda from 2003 to 2008 and the subsequent issues it raises.
Link to Refugees in the DRC: A discussion document
Guinea Chapter, 2010 World Report
20 January 2010
Human Rights Watch
This chapter on Guinea in Human Rights Watch’s 2010 World Report outlines key events and issues from 2009.
Link to World Report Chapter.
Evidence of new arrests, harassment and illegal detentions by Guinea security forces
3 December 2009
Amnesty International
Guinea’s security forces are continuing to arrest and harass activists and others, following a massacre during a political protest on 28 September, Amnesty International found during a recent visit to Guinea.
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Guinea: September 28 Massacre Was Premeditated
27 October 2009
Human Rights Watch
An in-depth investigation into the September 28, 2009 killings and rapes at a peaceful rally in Conakry, Guinea, has uncovered new evidence that the massacre and widespread sexual violence were organized and were committed largely by the elite Presidential Guard, commonly known as the “red berets,” Human Rights Watch said today.
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Guinea: Free or Charge Detainees
4 October 2009
Human Rights Watch
(Dakar) - Guinean authorities should immediately free all those detained without charge following the bloody crackdown on an opposition rally on September 28, 2009, or charge them with a specific criminal offense followed by a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said today.
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International inquiry needed into violence by Guinea security forces
1 October 2009
Amnesty International
Amnesty International has revealed details of the brutal attacks committed by security forces in Guinea, during the suppression of a mass rally in Conakry on Monday, and the extent to which the violence was organized by the army.
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