Sophie Huvé
Sophie Huvé is the legal expert at the United Nations University Center for Policy Research, focusing on the interplay between UN sanctions and humanitarian action. She previously worked on the use of UN sanctions to address conflict-related sexual violence and was the 2017-2018 Hillary Rodham Clinton Law Fellow with the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.
- Opinion by Sophie Huvé and Rebecca Brubaker
- • July 13, 2021
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Since 2008, the United Nations Security Council has been integrating part of the women, peace and security agenda into its sanctions regimes — albeit inconsistently and with mixed results. So far, this practice has mostly focused on protecting women…
- Categories: Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Security Council
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- Opinion by Sophie Huvé
- • April 11, 2019
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The United Nations Security Council just passed yet another resolution on counterterrorism, this one enunciating the steps that UN member states must take to further constrain terrorist groups’ access to financial and economic resources. Resolution 2462 follows a series…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, OPINIONS, Security Council
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- Opinion by Sophie Huvé
- • March 26, 2018
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The weaponization of sexual violence by Syrian government forces, as part of a campaign to punish opposition communities, was stunningly documented in a recent report by investigators for the United Nations. Women and girls have been…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council