America authorities has established rules to be used by all federal businesses participating with the United Nations and different Worldwide Organizations on the prevention and response to incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH). These rules replicate our dedication to extend U.S. engagement in a transparent and constant method on SEAH points, to advertise accountability and transparency in response to SEAH incidents, and to make sure U.S. taxpayer assets are utilized in an efficient and clear method.
These rules have six key elements:
Zero Tolerance
America will proceed to advertise the complete implementation of insurance policies of zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment, together with zero tolerance for inaction in response to allegations, throughout the United Nations and different Worldwide Organizations. This contains help for insurance policies that prioritize prevention and mitigation efforts, monitor the effectiveness of such efforts, guarantee secure entry to confidential SEAH reporting mechanisms and applicable survivor help, and embed survivor-centered rules throughout all actions in response to reported allegations – together with investigations. America acknowledges that an absence of reporting doesn’t imply incidents will not be being perpetrated, nor does it point out that zero tolerance insurance policies are being absolutely applied.
A Survivor-centered Strategy
America expects all allegations or incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment to be reviewed and addressed, whereas respecting rules of due course of. In its engagement with the United Nations and different Worldwide Organizations, america will proceed to advocate for the usage of survivor-centered rules and requirements – an strategy that acknowledges and empowers survivors as people with company and distinctive wants, safeguarding their dignity and wellbeing.
Prevention and Danger Mitigation
America will work with the United Nations and different Worldwide Organizations to institutionalize prevention and mitigation measures that transcend primary awareness-raising, coaching, capacity-building or dissemination of codes of conduct, and embody a dedication to advertise satisfactory funding, devoted technical employees, and significant threat evaluation and mitigation. America will maintain the United Nations and different Worldwide Organizations to the best commonplace, together with from the onset of a disaster, battle or emergency, to mitigate towards such threat, particularly with extremely weak populations.
Accountability and Transparency
America expects the management of the United Nations and different Worldwide Organizations to take significant motion to help accountability and transparency via, amongst others, the next: the conduct of well timed and survivor-centered investigations; response efforts pushed by the wants, experiences, and resiliencies of these most prone to SEAH; clear reporting and response programs, together with to tell Member States of allegations or incidents; and accountability measures, together with termination of employment or involvement of legislation enforcement, as wanted.
Organizational Tradition Change
America will work to advocate for the event by the United Nations and different Worldwide Organizations of evidence-based metrics and requirements of observe within the implementation of zero tolerance insurance policies, promote holistic approaches, empower girls and women, and reinforce management and organizational accountability. Insurance policies, statements, and coaching are important, however alone are inadequate to provide lasting constructive change. Methods-level change requires a shift in organizational tradition, habits, and the underlying processes and mechanisms to ship help and promote inside accountability.
Empowerment of Native Communities
America will prioritize, in partnership with the management of the United Nations and different Worldwide Organizations, the important significance of locally-led efforts, notably these led by girls and women, who, when meaningfully supported and engaged, can inform the measures which will mitigate dangers and promote safer international help programming.
