Analysis of Security Council Resolution 1325: women, peace and security

Abstract

The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 is a ground-breaking Resolution that recognises the impact of armed conflict on women and girl's and attests the role of women in maintaining international peace, imposing international obligations to states to protect the rights of women and girl's during armed conflict and ensure the full participation of women in peace and security processes. The Resolution calls out Member States to create National Actions Plans in order to implement the Resolution, which can be a challenging process with lack of political will and resources available and not all states recognising the legitimacy of the Resolution. During armed conflict it is more challenging to implement the Resolution through National Action Plans with the changing nature of war and constant violations of international law. Stronger mechanisms are required to monitor the implementation of the Resolution in order to protect the rights of women and girls.