The Spanish Defense Minister, Margaret Oaksand the German foreign minister, annalena baerbockthey have denounced this Thursday the sexual assaults that ukrainian women are suffering and have promised to work so that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, be punished for these “war crimes”
“Spain hopes that Putin will be brought before the international criminal courts and that these sexual assaults receive the punishment they deserve,” Robles said at a press conference with Baerbock focused on the role of women in NATO and also on the victims. most vulnerable to conflict, women and children.
Robles has opted for increase the presence of women in Spanish military contingents on international missionssince they help women, “the most damaged and harmed” in wars, feel more protected.
“More women in the armed forces make us safer,” agreed Baerbock, who recalled that sexual violence was already used as a weapon in the Balkan war in the 1990s, without it being considered a war crime.
“Now we are in another phase. It is a war crime and Putin is using it,” the German minister denounced.
As priority work routes in Ukraine, it has opted for humanitarian corridors, in which it is verified that women are not left behind; and in the criminal prosecution of sexual violence.
As he explained, Germany has sent female prosecutors to Ukraine to help collect evidence and interview victims to help bring their cases to the International Criminal Court and to the Ukrainian courts.
“Neither NATO nor the international community can remain indifferent,” insisted Robles, who has guaranteed that Spain will not tire of denouncing the cases of “raped and outraged” women.
In this context, she has also denounced the situation in which women find themselves in Afghanistan after NATO left the country after two decades on the ground to try to build “a free society”.
Robles has urged the Afghan government to respect the rights of women and girls and guarantee their access to education and work, and has stressed NATO’s obligation to support them.
The two ministers highlighted the Alliance’s commitment to incorporating the gender perspective into the new strategic concept and expressed their conviction that the presence of more women will guarantee greater stability and security. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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