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Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

UN official welcomes Sudan’s pardon of journalists prosecuted for reporting on rape

2 September 2011
The United Nations official spearheading efforts to combat sexual violence in times of conflict today welcomed a presidential pardon granted by the Sudanese authorities last week to local journalists prosecuted for reporting on cases of alleged rape.
Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Rapists, not reporters, must face criminal charges in Sudan, says UN envoy

3 August 2011
A senior United Nations official today voiced her concern after a Sudanese court jailed a journalist for covering the case of an alleged rape of an activist by security forces, stressing that it is the perpetrators that must face criminal charges, not those reporting on such crimes.
Special Rapporteur Najat M'jid Maalla

Sexual exploitation of children on the rise in Mauritius, UN rights expert warns

12 May 2011
Mauritian children are increasingly vulnerable to sexual exploitation, due to a combination of poverty, family dysfunction, social taboos, alcohol and drugs, an independent United Nations human rights expert warned today.