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听听President. 鈥� The next item is the debate on the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the use of rape as a weapon of war, in particular in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan ().

听听Kaja Kallas, Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. 鈥� Madam听President, honourable Members, we will be speaking about horrific wars taking place today, where sexual violence is being used as a weapon.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last year, M茅decins sans Fronti猫res helped treat over 25听000 victims and survivors of sexual violence across the country. That is more than two people every hour. In September this year, 80听% of displaced women in camps had reportedly suffered rape.

Sudan faces the greatest humanitarian crisis of the world. 25听million people who need support right now and the most basic needs, including food and water. But here too, rape and gender-based violence are also used as tactics on the battlefield. 6.7听million people are at risk of gender-based violence, with displaced refugee and migrant women and girls particularly vulnerable.

The two main parties to the conflict are accused of sexual violence, with Rapid Support Forces fighters and allied militias having committed sexual violence on a large scale, including multiple occurrences of sexual slavery. Sexual violence in conflict is a war crime. But in DRC and Sudan, it's part of daily life. It is under-reported and likely to be far worse than we imagine.听Whatever the EU can do to change this, we must do.

In DRC, as we support regional peace initiatives, the Luanda and Nairobi processes, we have also sanctioned individuals who are known serious human rights violators to complement UN sanctions. The current list includes 23听people and one entity. Seven of these are linked to armed groups who have committed sexual violence.

They are subject to travel bans, which prevent them from entering or transiting through European Member States, and an asset freeze. EU citizens and companies are forbidden from making funds available to them and we sanction those who sustain, support or benefit from the armed conflict, instability or insecurity in the country. I want us to constantly review these lists and be ready to add to them with the agreement of all EU Member States.

In Sudan, we are also pushing for peace. Together with our regional and international partners, including the African Union and the United Nations, we call for an immediate ceasefire and sustainable political solution to the conflict.

But there must be accountability for crimes committed too. This is also a hugely important part of rebuilding post-war. We just issued the third package of sanctions yesterday in order to achieve these objectives and we will continue to support the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It must be free to investigate and prosecute those responsible for sexual violence and other atrocities in Sudan, as it did in the 2000s when the ICC issued arrest warrants for crimes committed in Darfur.听And as we do in DRC, in Sudan, we should also support additional sanctions against the perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses.

For both the DRC and Sudan, the EU will remain a provider of humanitarian support. In DRC, the EU provided over EUR听112听million of funding for humanitarian aid this year.听In response to the widespread prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence in the country, the EU is implementing a strategy specifically to address gender-based violence with a budget of over EUR听12听million. In Sudan, we have increased funding to humanitarian organisations, tackling gender-based violence, operating on the ground to almost 4听million in the last two years.

At the same time, we are working with our partners to ensure that their programs integrate protection services so that survivors receive adequate medical care, psychological support and any other relevant protection support. Globally, the EU has provided over EUR听50听million in the last two years alone to tackle gender-based violence in emergencies.

Looking forward, the EU must remain committed to a strong global response to conflict-related sexual violence. First, it is global condemnation and global response that will send the clearest message to perpetrators that their actions will be punished.听Second, this requires strong legal systems to hold criminals to account: globally, four in five women and girls live in countries without substantial legal protection against gender-based violence. Third, it requires more humanitarian funding that explicitly addresses gender-based violence. We need to do much better than spending a meagre 1听% of global humanitarian funding to tackle violence against women and girls.听And finally, for victims, the EU will keep funding initiatives across the globe that provides survivors with healthcare, legal assistance and psychological support, and we call on others to do so as well.

For victims, wherever you are, the EU's message is simple: you are not alone. Honourable Members, we must honour the courage of survivors by ensuring that their suffering is met with action and that their resilience inspires change.

听听Ingeborg Ter Laak, namens de PPE-Fractie. 鈥� Voorzitter, collega鈥檚, beste commissaris, wat als verkrachting in een conflict normaal is en je geen enkele mogelijkheid hebt om je ertegen te wapenen? Bovendien, als je slachtoffer wordt, kan je ook niet over je pijn en verdriet vertellen. Als je dat doet, loop je het risico om afgewezen te worden, om uitgesloten te worden uit je eigen gemeenschap. Dit is wat meisjes en vrouwen in Congo en Soedan overkomt. Meisjes, kinderen, zij zijn soms nog maar negen jaar oud.

Ik heb dit met eigen ogen gezien, twintig jaar geleden in Congo en helaas is het vandaag de dag nog steeds de realiteit. Seksueel geweld is een effectief en betrouwbaar wapen om een hele bevolking te vernederen en hele gemeenschappen te ontwrichten. Dit wapen is voor militaire groeperingen altijd gratis voorhanden en het wordt dan ook vaak ingezet. Seksueel geweld veroorzaakt niet alleen een levenslange mentale schade, maar ook bijna altijd een enorme fysieke schade. Zo maakte de VN recent bekend dat een meisje van elf overleed aan de verwondingen die ze opliep door verkrachting. Een vrouw is meer dan 35 dagen vastgehouden en verkracht door groepen mannen.

Vrouwen zouden nooit het tactisch wapen mogen zijn van een tegenstander, om de ander te vernederen en te controleren in oorlog. En laten we er bij het ontstaan van vredesinitiatieven voor zorgen dat vrouwen altijd aan de onderhandelingstafel zitten en zorgen dat seksueel geweld een onderwerp is van het gesprek, zodat de daders ter verantwoording worden geroepen en de slachtoffers gesteund.

听听Marit Maij, namens de S&D-Fractie. 鈥� Voorzitter, mevrouw de hoge vertegenwoordiger, collega鈥檚, seksueel geweld tegen vrouwen, verkrachting, wordt ingezet als een middel in de oorlog. Vrouwen en meisjes worden ingezet als middel in oorlogsvoering. Met die vrouwen en meisjes worden hele gemeenschappen gestraft, vernederd en ontwricht. Seksueel geweld in conflict is een oorlogsmisdaad en vrouwen en meisjes worden disproportioneel geraakt. 95% van de geregistreerde zaken betreft vrouwen en meisjes. Het veroorzaakt fysieke, emotionele en psychologische littekens bij de betrokkenen, maar ook in hun gemeenschappen. Slachtoffers en hun familieleden lopen het risico om ge茂soleerd te raken, om buiten hun gemeenschap geplaatst te worden.

We hebben het vandaag over de DRC en Soedan. Maar laten we eerlijk zijn, dit gebeurt in alle situaties waar oorlog is, ook op andere continenten op dit moment. Het gaat om verkrachting, om groepsverkrachting, seksueel misbruik, seksuele slavernij, gedwongen prostitutie. De strijdkrachten maken zich daaraan schuldig in de DRC en in Congo, aan beide zijden.

Het is belangrijk dat de EU aan de slag gaat om vrouwen en meisjes, maar ook de mannen en jongens die hier slachtoffer van zijn, te beschermen, om internationaal recht te beschermen. Zero tolerance als het gaat om seksueel geweld. Obstakels voor humanitaire hulp wegnemen. Ik vraag daarom aan de EU om samen met de lidstaten te zorgen voor meer humanitaire hulp om te zorgen dat er gerichte hulp is voor de slachtoffers, om te zorgen dat er gerichte sancties zijn tegen de commandanten van de strijdkrachten die dit mogelijk maken, maar ook om ervoor te zorgen dat deze vrouwen en meisjes niet alleen beschermd worden, maar een plek krijgen aan de tafel. Dat zij geen middel zijn voor oorlogsvoering, maar dat zij bijdragen aan de vrede. Want dat is de belangrijkste taak die vrouwen en meisjes goed kunnen oppakken.

听听Thierry Mariani, au nom du groupe PfE. 鈥� Madame la Pr茅sidente, 芦d茅sormais, aucune femme ne peut se rendre seule aux champs. Elles ont peur d鈥櫭猼re viol茅es et abus茅es.禄 Ce t茅moignage d鈥檜ne Congolaise du Nord-Kivu laisse entrevoir l鈥檈nfer qu鈥檈st devenu le quotidien des femmes dans cette r茅gion. Car, en R茅publique d茅mocratique du Congo, le viol est devenu une arme. Pas une strat茅gie isol茅e, mais une v茅ritable trag茅die de guerre. Qui en est l鈥檃rchitecte, Madame la Vice-Pr茅sidente? C鈥檈st Paul听Kagam茅, ce dictateur rwandais que la Commission europ茅enne soutient contre Kinshasa, et qui a 茅t茅 brillamment r茅茅lu avec 99,13听% des voix 鈥撎齟t l脿, on ne trouve rien 脿 redire鈥�

Et apr猫s, vous me permettrez, j鈥檃i 茅cout茅 votre discours. Vous avez dit qu鈥檌l fallait prendre des sanctions contre tous ceux qui sont complices. J鈥檃i peur que, pour vous, les sanctions, il ne faille commencer par les prendre ici, 脿 Strasbourg et 脿 Bruxelles. Pourquoi? Parce que, vous le savez tr猫s bien 鈥撎齩u peut-锚tre allez-vous d茅couvrir le dossier听鈥�, l鈥橴nion europ茅enne a sign茅 un accord que l鈥檕n pr茅sente comme exemplaire, et o霉, en r茅alit茅, on ach猫te au Rwanda des minerais qu鈥檌l n鈥檃 pas, mais que, chacun le sait 鈥撎齦鈥橭NU l鈥檃 confirm茅 dans son rapport en juin dernier听鈥�, il pille 脿 la R茅publique d茅mocratique du Congo, juste de l鈥檃utre c么t茅 de sa fronti猫re.听C鈥檈st-脿-dire que, en r茅alit茅, on se sent coupable en 茅tant receleur et en achetant ces minerais.

Voil脿, si vous voulez prendre des sanctions, commencez par l脿, ou alors changez cet accord, qui, 脿 mon avis, est un accord qui encourage ces viols.

听听Hilde Vautmans, au nom du groupe Renew. 鈥� Madame la Pr茅sidente, Mesdames et Messieurs, nous ne pouvons plus fermer les yeux sur les violences sexuelles utilis茅es comme arme de guerre. Rien qu鈥檃u Nord鈥慘ivu, plus de听17听000听femmes et filles ont 茅t茅 viol茅es les cinq derniers mois. C鈥檈st une r茅alit茅 choquante, brutale, qui ne peut plus 锚tre ignor茅e. Comme aujourd鈥檋ui, nous avions, en听2014, d茅cern茅 ici m锚me le prix听Sakharov au docteur听Mukwege pour avoir soign茅, ou plut么t r茅par茅 des femmes viol茅es. Aujourd鈥檋ui, il r茅pare les filles et les petites-filles des enfants issues de ces horribles viols. Et j鈥檃i visit茅 son h么pital. J鈥檃i parl茅 avec ces filles. Leur corps 茅tait d茅truit, mais pas leurs r锚ves. Je leur ai demand茅 de quoi elles r锚vaient. Et vous savez ce que l鈥檜ne d鈥檈lles m鈥檃 r茅pondu? Cette petite fille d鈥櫭� peine 12听ans m鈥檃 dit: 芦Madame, je r锚ve d鈥檃voir un homme et des enfants.禄 Pourtant, elle avait 茅t茅 viol茅e pendant des semaines par des soldats. Elle 茅tait compl猫tement d茅truite.

Alors, Madame听Kallas, il est grand temps que l鈥橢urope redonne toute sa force 脿 l鈥檃ccord鈥慶adre d鈥橝ddis鈥慉beba. Vous avez certainement vu que, ce week鈥慹nd, le processus de Luanda a encore une fois 茅chou茅. Vous savez tr猫s bien que les minerais strat茅giques sont le moteur de ces conflits. Alors, sanctionnez tous les acteurs et les complices impliqu茅s. L鈥檋istoire nous jugera selon nos actions d鈥檃ujourd鈥檋ui.听Amani kwenu. Pour 锚tre 脿 la hauteur de son r么le, l鈥橢urope doit conditionner ses relations 茅conomiques avec le Rwanda.

听听Assita Kanko, on behalf of the ECR Group. 鈥� Madam President, Madam Commissioner, I am very sorry that I had a little accident on my phone. I am grateful that we are having this debate. And as you see, it makes us nervous because we feel powerless. We have been speaking about this situation for so many years. Colleagues mentioned Doctor Denis Mukwege, who even won the Nobel Prize, and we should also mention听the Yazidi victims who also went through so much.

Today the list is very long. Women are always the first victims of conflict 鈥� they are not only raped and kidnapped, but also sold and taken to be exploited as slaves. Their pain is neverending. It's not only a woman that is destroyed, but the whole community usually, a whole family. After that they cannot stand up anymore. The women of Congo, the women of Sudan, they all need us, they are totally abandoned. But today we can also speak about the women of Ethiopia who are also suffering. We must fight against this, and we must prevent the conflicts that create space for women to be destroyed and for communities to be assaulted.

I am today also especially willing to have us remember the women who were also violated on 7听October and who were kidnapped, who were also raped. This was also rape as a weapon of war. We need to condemn it and some of them are still held as hostages.

I would like to finish by honouring a woman from my city called Nathalie. Nathalie loves to go running in the morning. When she went out in 2016 to run in Vilvoorde, where I live, someone beat her up, raped her and left her down as if she was dead. After that, she went through so much pain, but the perpetrator was free three years after. The pain was so intense that Natalie requested euthanasia and she was granted the right to have euthanasia because the pain is unbearable. This is what our system does to women who are victims. We need to wake up for all of them. There is a war against women. It's called rape.

听听Catarina Vieira, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group. 鈥� Madam President, dear Ms听Kallas, 'there is nothing anyone can do for justice; I just have to report to God'. These were the words of a survivor of sexual violence in Sudan. These are words of hopelessness. Amidst the horrible conflict in Sudan, women are raped, often by several men and in front of their families. In some cases, they are under age. In some cases, they are kept as sex slaves. Meanwhile, in Congo, every minute a woman is raped. In North Kivu, women have been targeted by soldiers when they were leaving displacement camps in search of food.

So rape as a method of warfare is not an act by individual soldiers, but a systematic, deliberate and cruel warfare tactic that terrorises victims. It tears entire communities apart, and it has the potential to leave irreparable damage and erase women and girls' participation in public life.

International humanitarian law is evolving, and rape is increasingly being identified as a war crime, a crime against humanity and an act contributing to genocide. This legal recognition, both in the EU and the UN, is extremely important, but we need to step up our efforts. We need to deploy missions to protect civilians, we must demand the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators, and we must ensure that women are full participants in all peace negotiations. Let us take our responsibility because we owe it to the survivors.

听听Merja Kyll枚nen, The Left-ryhm盲n puolesta. 鈥� Arvoisa puhemies, raiskausten k盲ytt盲minen sodank盲ynnin aseena on ihmisyyden alhaisinta pahuutta. Ukrainassa, Sudanissa, Kongon demokraattisessa tasavallassa ja monessa muussa paikassa erityisesti lapset ja naiset ovat joutuneet systemaattisen seksuaalisen v盲kivallan uhreiksi.

Sotien runtelemilla alueilla usein haavoittuvimmassa asemassa olevia ihmisi盲 sorretaan kaikkein eniten. T盲m盲 on julmuutta, johon EU:n on vastattava p盲盲tt盲v盲isesti. Meid盲n on varmistettava, ett盲 kansainv盲lisill盲 toimijoilla on riitt盲v盲t resurssit n盲iden j盲rkytt盲vien rikosten torjumiseen, ennaltaehk盲isyyn ja uhrien auttamiseen.

EU:n johtajuus mitataan teoissa. Meid盲n on lis盲tt盲v盲 tukea kriisialueille suunnattuihin erityisohjelmiin, joilla torjutaan seksuaalista v盲kivaltaa ja vahvistetaan oikeusturvaa. Jokaisen uhrin on oltava meille jotain muuta kuin numero tilastoissa. T盲m盲 on testi inhimillisyydellemme. Meid盲n on pystytt盲v盲 parempaan ja toimittava nyt.

听听Marta Temido (S&D). 鈥� Senhora Presidente, Senhora Alta Representante, h谩 dez anos, nesta mesma sala, o Parlamento entregava o Pr茅mio Sakharov a Denis Mukwege, o m茅dico que tem dedicado a vida a curar o corpo das mulheres v铆timas de viola莽玫es de guerra na Rep煤blica Democr谩tica do Congo.

Dizia o Dr. Mukwege que os corpos das mulheres se tornaram num verdadeiro campo de batalha no seu pa铆s e noutros, como o Sud茫o, de que hoje aqui tamb茅m falamos.

O recurso 脿 viol锚ncia sexual 茅 uma das mais violentas armas de guerra, porque agride e traumatiza as mulheres que dela s茫o v铆timas e, simultaneamente, fere toda a comunidade, acabando maioritariamente impune.

O Sud茫o surge, agora, como um novo campo de batalha no qual esta arma, barata, acess铆vel e com efeito devastador, como a qualificava Mukwege, 茅 usada por grupos armados para violar em massa mulheres, meninas e meninos.

Uma d茅cada passada sobre a consagra莽茫o do Pr茅mio Sakharov 脿 luta contra a viola莽茫o como arma de guerra, apelo aqui 脿s autoridades destes dois pa铆ses para que condenem, clara e inequivocamente estes crimes, responsabilizem judicialmente os culpados e facilitem a entrada de assist锚ncia humanit谩ria para presta莽茫o de cuidados de sa煤de capazes de dar resposta a estes atos terr铆veis.

听听Charles Goerens (Renew). 鈥� Madame la Pr茅sidente, Madame la Haute Repr茅sentante, notre d茅bat d鈥檃ujourd鈥檋ui porte sur le viol comme arme de guerre au Congo et au Soudan. Ce qui s鈥檡 passe est absolument abominable. On aurait pu ajouter d鈥檃utres pays pour ne pas se limiter aux pays africains, parce qu'au c艙ur de l鈥橢urope, nous d茅plorons l鈥檈xistence du m锚me fl茅au.

Tout doit 锚tre fait pour pr茅venir cette ignominie. Si un pays impliqu茅 dans une guerre n鈥檃 rien fait pour pr茅venir cette indicible d茅rive, il sera non seulement complice, mais aussi coupable de la nature et de l鈥檃mpleur de ces crimes. Le viol appara卯t dans des cas de conflits o霉 le respect des droits de l鈥檋omme et la d茅fense du plus faible ne sont pas assur茅s. Ceux qui assument les pouvoirs r茅galiens d鈥檜n 脡tat en guerre sont de toute 茅vidence responsables, voire coupables, et ils doivent 锚tre traduits devant la Cour p茅nale internationale.

En attendant, il importe de bien documenter les preuves qui, t么t ou tard, pourront faire esp茅rer les victimes, qui attendent que justice se fasse. Mettre fin 脿 l鈥檌mpunit茅 est aussi une forme de pr茅vention. C鈥檈st une question de morale, c鈥檈st une question de justice, c鈥檈st une question de responsabilit茅 politique.

听听Mounir Satouri (Verts/ALE). 鈥� Madame la Pr茅sidente, par le viol, par le recours 脿 l鈥檈sclavage sexuel, le corps des femmes est devenu un champ de bataille, au Soudan comme en RDC. C鈥檈st une v茅ritable arme de guerre. Le viol est utilis茅 pour humilier et pour laisser des s茅quelles physiques, pour d茅truire psychologiquement les femmes et leur communaut茅.

Les fillettes ne sont pas 茅pargn茅es. Au Soudan, des viols ont lieu sur des enfants de 8听ans. En RDC, le nombre de mineures qui accouchent 脿 la suite de viols explose. Le viol est aussi utilis茅 par des puissances 茅trang猫res comme le Rwanda. Le but? D茅placer les populations pour piller les richesses mini猫res.

Madame听Kallas, le protocole d鈥檃ccord sign茅 avec Kigali passe sous silence les exactions du Rwanda en RDC. Je vous pose une question directe: l鈥橴nion europ茅enne est-elle complice de ces crimes? Si oui, que comptez-vous faire pour mettre fin 脿 cette complicit茅?

Je veux citer ici le docteur Mukwege, laur茅at du prix听Sakharov et Prix Nobel de la paix: 芦Ce ne sont pas seulement les auteurs de violences qui sont responsables de leurs crimes, mais aussi ceux qui choisissent de d茅tourner le regard.禄 Madame听Kallas, ne d茅tournez pas le regard. Agissez!

听听Marc Botenga (The Left). 鈥� Madame la Pr茅sidente, la violence sexuelle est utilis茅e comme arme de guerre tant 脿 l鈥檈st de la R茅publique d茅mocratique du Congo qu鈥檃u Soudan. Les victimes sont innombrables, et les histoires, les t茅moignages des femmes et des filles sont horrifiants.

Aujourd鈥檋ui, ici, on d茅nonce ces crimes 鈥撎齣l ne manquerait plus que cela!听鈥�, mais les paroles de certains d鈥檈ntre vous me laissent un go没t amer. Parce que, pendant qu鈥檕n blablate ici, pendant qu鈥檕n palabre, il y a des politiques europ茅ennes bien concr猫tes qui entretiennent, qui alimentent, en fait, ces guerres en Afrique.

Soyons francs, qu鈥檃vons鈥憂ous fait quand les Nations unies ont accus茅 le Rwanda de soutenir des groupes arm茅s au Congo? L鈥橴nion europ茅enne est all茅e signer un accord privil茅gi茅 avec le Rwanda et elle a donn茅 de l鈥檃rgent public au Rwanda et 脿 son arm茅e. Pourquoi donc, aujourd鈥檋ui, y trouve-t-on des v茅hicules blind茅s et des armes europ茅ennes 鈥撎齧锚me au Soudan!听鈥�, en d茅pit de l鈥檈mbargo des Nations unies? Parce que,听en Afrique, les mati猫res premi猫res importent plus 脿 l鈥橢urope que les droits de l鈥檋omme.

Il est temps d鈥檈n finir avec cette ing茅rence, avec cette d茅stabilisation en Afrique, et de respecter la souverainet茅 des peuples africains, pour que la paix revienne.

听听Hana Jalloul Muro (S&D). 鈥� Se帽ora presidenta, la violencia sexual como arma de guerra es una de las caras m谩s atroces y silenciadas de los conflictos. No se trata de actos aislados de soldados descontrolados, sino de una t谩ctica deliberada que deconstruye a individuos, familias y comunidades enteras. Es una violencia que somete, aterroriza y desplaza, dejando secuelas f铆sicas, psicol贸gicas y sociales que duran generaciones.

En Sud谩n, combatientes de las Fuerzas de Apoyo R谩pido han cometido violaciones en grupo y esclavitud sexual contra decenas de mujeres y ni帽as. Hay regiones donde las mujeres han sido violadas en presencia de sus familias e incluso secuestradas y sometidas a meses de abusos en bases militares. Estas atrocidades constituyen cr铆menes de guerra y cr铆menes de lesa humanidad.

En la Rep煤blica Democr谩tica del Congo, la violencia sexual alcanza niveles desgarradores. Decenas de miles de mujeres son violadas cada a帽o. Los combatientes utilizan esta brutalidad para sembrar el terror y desgarrar el tejido social, dejando comunidades enteras traumatizadas, silenciadas y divididas.

Ante esto, debemos ser claros: debemos acabar con las guerras que permiten estas atrocidades, as铆 como garantizar la justicia y la reparaci贸n a las v铆ctimas, poniendo fin a la impunidad. Por eso son tan importantes las direcciones generales como las de las v铆ctimas ante la Corte Penal Internacional. Sobre todo, no m谩s guerras, no m谩s impunidad y no m谩s silencio.

听听Barry Andrews (Renew). 鈥� Madam President, Ms Kallas, colleagues, just this morning, I met women peace activists from Israel and Palestine, both of whom emphasised the importance of UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. It's often said that truth is the first victim of war, when in reality women and children are the first victims.

The conflict in Sudan has been marked by grave violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, which, combined with a breakdown of basic services, is disproportionately affecting women and girls. Reports of conflict-related, gender-based violence have been widespread in Sudan. We are seeing similar scenes of mass rape and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with children as young as nine being victims of sexual violence.

But we have to put deeds with our words, and the reality is that our development aid budgets are shrinking across the EU Member States and here in the Commission. And we have to remember these speeches and these words when we decide on what our development aid budgets will be in the years to come.

听听Isabel Serra S谩nchez (The Left). 鈥� Se帽ora presidenta, la violencia sexual es un arma de guerra. Y hoy, en Sud谩n y en la Rep煤blica Democr谩tica del Congo, much铆simas mujeres est谩n sufriendo esta grav铆sima vulneraci贸n de los derechos humanos. Tambi茅n en Palestina, por cierto.

Pero, se帽or铆as, m谩s all谩 de palabras vac铆as y de volver a constatar la normalizaci贸n y la impunidad de la violencia sexual en nuestra sociedad,听驴qu茅 debe hacer la Uni贸n Europea?

En primer lugar, m谩s ayuda humanitaria: es evidente 鈥攜 as铆 lo declaran las organizaciones de derechos humanos鈥� que no est谩 siendo suficiente.

En segundo lugar, dejar de invertir en m谩s armas, en m谩s militarizaci贸n, en el negocio de empresas armament铆sticas que fabrican armas que van a parar a la Rep煤blica Democr谩tica del Congo o a Sud谩n. Aumentar el gasto militar nunca genera m谩s seguridad.

En tercer lugar, dejar de impulsar una pol铆tica colonialista y extractivista: lo llaman cooperaci贸n pero significa desviar ayuda oficial al desarrollo para que empresas europeas hagan negocio e impide la soberan铆a de los pueblos en el sur global, la democracia y los derechos.

En cuarto lugar, no pactar con una ultraderecha que niega la violencia contra las mujeres para formar un gobierno aqu铆 en la Uni贸n Europea.

Y, en quinto lugar, no hacer acuerdos con pa铆ses que vulneran derechos humanos.

听听Nikos Papandreou (S&D). 鈥� Madam President, in the Congo and Sudan, men are drunk and evil. They live in a world of savagery. They themselves have been destroyed even as they destroy the women, the men and the children.

Every woman raped is an assault on our soul. We do have programmes for aid. We do have support for women. We have made endless efforts for peace. We have imposed sanctions on warlords. And yet I myself am at a loss at what we need to do.

Sometimes, in our dream world, I think, 'Give me an army. Let me solve it like that. Give me an army to save the women and save the men.'

We have resorted to violence with far less cause, unfortunately. Yet, is that the only solution? Violence with violence? Somewhere in the skies a devil is smiling. Somewhere in the skies an angel is crying.

听听Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew). 鈥� Frau Pr盲sidentin, verehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Krieg ist schrecklich. Aber wenn wir uns vorstellen, was diese jungen Frauen, Kinder zum Teil, durchmachen m眉ssen, dann ist das noch viel schrecklicher听鈥� das ist die H枚lle auf Erden. Stellen Sie sich vor, Soldaten kommen in Ihr Dorf, in Ihr Heim, vergewaltigen Ihre Mutter, vergewaltigen die Kinder, einer nach dem anderen. M盲dchen werden verschleppt, zwangsverheiratet, als Sklaven gehandelt. Das ist das, was gestern von Human Rights Watch in einem Bericht 眉ber den Sudan pr盲sentiert wurde, und das ist leider dort die t盲gliche Realit盲t.

Werte Kolleginnen und Kollegen, wir d眉rfen da nicht wegschauen, sondern wir m眉ssen gezielte Sanktionen auf den Weg bringen als Europ盲ische Union gegen眉ber denen, die daf眉r verantwortlich sind, dass solche schrecklichen Taten geschehen. Und wir m眉ssen daf眉r sorgen, dass der Internationale Gerichtshof in die Lage versetzt wird, solche Kriegsverbrechen, solche Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit tats盲chlich aufzukl盲ren und die T盲ter hinter Gitter zu bringen.

听听Hanna Gedin (The Left). 鈥� Fru talman! I m氓nga konflikter, bland annat i Sudan och Kongo, anv盲nds v氓ldt盲kt som vapen. Det sexuella v氓ldet drabbar kvinnor p氓 plats i krigsomr氓den, men ocks氓 kvinnor p氓 flykt. Men medan vi sitter i denna sal och diskuterar s氓 finansierar faktiskt EU v氓ld. I sin jakt p氓 att l盲gga ut flyktingmottagandet p氓 entreprenad till andra l盲nder, g枚der EU konflikter och grova m盲nniskor盲ttsbrott.

Det finns p氓st氓enden om att EU-pengar g氓tt till den paramilit盲ra gruppen Rapid Support Forces i Sudan 鈥� en grupp som Human Rights Watch pekar ut f枚r att 氓terkommande anv盲nda just sexuellt v氓ld i sin krigsf枚ring.

Vi har 盲ven sett det i Libyen, vi har sett det i Tunisien, hur EU finansierar v氓ld i syfte att hindra m盲nniskor fr氓n att ta sig hit. Det h盲r m氓ste f氓 ett slut. Inga mer skattepengar till att uppr盲tth氓lla eller underl盲tta v氓ld. Inga fler migrationspakter.

听听Elisabeth Grossmann (S&D). 鈥� Frau Pr盲sidentin! Frau Kommissarin, hohe Vertreterin, werte Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Der Einsatz von Vergewaltigung als Kriegstaktik ist nicht nur ein grausames Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit, sondern ist auch geeignet, ganze Gesellschaften zu destabilisieren. Vergewaltigung und sexuelle Gewalt im Krieg sind eben nicht nur ein Kriegsverbrechen听鈥� 鈥瀗ur鈥溙�鈥�, sondern es ist auch ein Ausdruck eines tief verwurzelten patriarchalen Machtmissbrauchs. Hier muss sich die Europ盲ische Union mit aller Entschlossenheit und mit allen Mitteln gegen diese Verbrechen einsetzen.

Wir h枚ren immer wieder die ersch眉tternden Berichte der 眉beraus wichtigen Organisation 脛rztinnen und 脛rzte ohne Grenzen, dass die Zahl an Opfern stetig steigt. Auch im heurigen Jahr ist diese Zahl weiter gestiegen, und da ist es unsere Pflicht als Vertreterinnen und Vertreter europ盲ischer Werte听鈥� eben der Humanit盲t听鈥� nicht nur diese Taten mit Worten zu verurteilen, sondern auch entschlossene Taten zu setzen.

听听Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew). 鈥� Madam President, Madam High Representative, dear colleagues, I would like to ask you, Madam High Representative, to actually initiate a global initiative against weaponising of rape as a tool of war against women. Let us be taking the lead on this issue, because we all know the fact that women in Sudan are raped by different militias. We know that as a fact 鈥� we know that they are treated with no human dignity. We know that there are gang rapes against them. We know that girls are being treated the same way. We know that in the DRC, women have been suffering from sexual violence for such a long time, and still we are debating this over and over again. We have the tools, but no one is willing to actually do the job.

I do believe that you have the stamina, you have the competence, but also the the legitimacy to actually take this initiative globally and lead the world against the weaponisation of rape against women, because this is totally not acceptable for our standards, for our world.听These women, they deserve to live a life in safety. They deserve to live a life in dignity. They deserve to have their whole bodies whole and not used as a tool of war.

听听Per Clausen (The Left). 鈥� Fru formand! Sudan, hvor vold og voldt忙gt bruges som krigsv氓ben mod kvinder og piger, er en forf忙rdelig plet p氓 menneskeheden. Rapporter om gruppevoldt忙gter, seksuelt slaveri og vold p氓f酶rt civile er dybt foruroligende. Det er ikke kun en kr忙nkelse af den menneskelige v忙rdighed. Det er en krigsforbrydelse og en forbrydelse mod menneskeheden. Kvinders kroppe bliver slagmarker, hvor kulturelle og politiske, men ikke mindst 酶konomiske magtspil og kampe om ressourcer og r氓varer udspilles. Men vi skal ogs氓 huske, at kvinderne i Sudan ikke kun er ofre. De er ogs氓 modstandere og overlevere. Vi har et ansvar for at st酶tte dem i deres modstand i denne forf忙rdelige krig. Vi skal sikre, at der ikke kommer v氓ben og penge til dem, der st氓r bag forbrydelserne. Vi skal bruge ethvert diplomatisk, 酶konomisk og juridisk v忙rkt酶j til at presse Sudans stridende fraktioner og afslutte denne groteske vold.

听听Rima Hassan (The Left). 鈥� Madame la Pr茅sidente, au Kivu, au Soudan et ailleurs, les corps des femmes sont transform茅s en champs de bataille, et le viol est utilis茅 comme arme de guerre. Les guerres sur fond de pr茅dation des ressources et d鈥檌ng茅rence 茅trang猫re ont donn茅 lieu au massacre de 6听millions de personnes en R茅publique d茅mocratique du Congo, dans une indiff茅rence et une impunit茅 quasi totale. Au Soudan, les femmes sont elles aussi les cibles syst茅matiques de violences sexuelles, alors m锚me qu'en听2019, elles menaient en premi猫re ligne la r茅volution qui renversa le dictateur Omar听el-B茅chir. Dans ce pays, pour certaines femmes, 锚tre en s茅curit茅, c鈥檈st 锚tre morte, comme en t茅moignent les suicides de femmes viol茅es ou craignant de l鈥櫭猼re. Pendant que les armes continuent d鈥檃ffluer, les survivantes, elles, sont abandonn茅es, stigmatis茅es et priv茅es de justice.听Selon l鈥橭NU, ces violences sexuelles ont augment茅 de 50听% en听2023 鈥撎齯ne statistique qui demeure sous-estim茅e.

Ces crimes, qui visent 脿 briser des communaut茅s, ne cesseront pas tant que leurs auteurs ne seront pas poursuivis. Cette insupportable culture de l鈥檌mpunit茅 doit cesser, aussi bien en R茅publique d茅mocratique du Congo qu鈥檃u Soudan ou ailleurs. Les 脡tats europ茅ens doivent mettre fin aux livraisons d鈥檃rmes qui alimentent ces atrocit茅s et exiger des comptes 脿 celles de leurs entreprises qui s鈥檈n rendent complices. 脌 celles qui ont surv茅cu nous devons non seulement r茅paration, mais aussi une raison d鈥檈sp茅rer. L鈥檃venir ne pourra se construire sans elles.

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听听Lukas Sieper (NI). 鈥� Madam听President, dear colleagues, dear people of Europe, whenever I think about the stories that I read about the weaponization of rape in Sudan and Congo quite some months ago, I don't know what I can say anymore and it sends a shiver down my spine.

But I would like to touch on one thing that our dear colleague,听Mr听Oetjen, said. He said we need to enable the international court 鈥� I think he meant the International Criminal Court 鈥� to actually do something against this, and I want to agree with all my heart.

I think it is time. It is because of crimes like this, as well as because of other crimes, that we actually enable international criminal law institutions to enact international law. You can call it 'blue helmets', you can call it a 'world police' 鈥� I don't care. But in a situation where people weaponize rape as a weapon of war, there need to be other people with guns who can stop those people.

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听听Kaja Kallas, Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. 鈥� Madam President, thank you for this debate. I was also in this plenary when Doctor Mukwege got the Sakharov Prize and I remember how he explained what is really happening on the ground. It was so devastating that I couldn't sleep afterwards because the descriptions were just so, so horrific.

It is clear that the European Union is resolute in condemnation of sexual violence, and if we look at international humanitarian law, it also says very clearly that this is a war crime and it has to be prosecuted as such. This requires strong legal frameworks through which perpetrators can be held to account. There I definitely think that we need to work harder.

The EU will continue to collaborate with the United Nations, also the NGOs and other stakeholders to build the capacity to do this. In the DRC, the EU has been supporting several international partners including UNFPA, Save the Children, Solidarit茅s International, DanChurchAid, all of which have numerous local Congolese partners distributing to the response and whose capacity is being built up with our support. At the same time we also focus on supporting survivors with the initiatives that provide survivors healthcare, legal assistance and psychological support, but the problem is it's so massive and this is really very horrific.

I want to underline my commitment in this role to do more and I want the EU to contribute to stronger global response to conflict-related sexual violence. This also includes but is not limited to, our global human rights sanctions regime. Here we target those responsible for serious violations.听But it's clear that this is not the fight of any nation or institution that can take it alone. It requires united global efforts to strengthen accountability mechanisms, enhanced protections for vulnerable populations, and building societies to uphold the dignity and equality of all people.

I really here call on the men also to understand the worry and the problem, how big it is. I mean, I was counting how many men spoke on this topic 鈥� the majority were women, and I know that in this plenary, the majority are not women. As long as this is a female issue, then there will not be a change. Please men speak up 鈥� it can be your mothers, it can be your sisters, it can be your daughters that are attacked here.

听听President. 鈥� The debate is closed.