Israeli and Russian security forces have been added to a United Nations blacklist on sexual violence in conflict, according to a report seen Thursday by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The UN’s annual list names dozens of state and non-state actors credibly suspected of systematically committing sexual violence in conflicts across countries including Sudan, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Syria and Mali.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Israel and Russia last August that they could be included.
Despite that warning, the report says United Nations monitors continued to document incidents and patterns of sexual violence in both the war in Ukraine and the occupied Palestinian territories.
It also notes that investigators faced continued denial of access by authorities in both countries, according to the report seen by AFP before its circulation to Security Council members.
