Adopted unanimously[1] on June 24th, 2013, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2106 (S/RES/2016) centers around the protection of women from sexual violence, especially in armed conflict or post-conflict areas.

The resolution highlights the need for countries to both: (1) implement firm regulations around the prosecution of sexual violence crimes (2) adequately address the origin of such crimes It further states that in order to fulfill these needs, promoting women's (political/social/economic) empowerment, gender equality, and encouraging men and boys' cooperation to combat women-centered violence is imperative in order to enact long-term change.

Resolution 2106 addresses the need to challenge the idea of sexual violence in conflict areas being an inevitability, or a symptom of specific cultural values.

Further implementation of outlined process would only serve to benefit them as well, whether they be direct victims or "secondarily traumatized as forced witnesses".

[1] Most prominently, Resolution 2106 specified a need for more strict and accurately enforced legal action against perpetrators of sexual violence.

First, they emphasize that seeking justice through criminal prosecution of perpetrators of sexual crimes is important, but must never come at the cost of the safety of their victims.