The Protection of Women and Children during Armed Conflict: Whose Responsibility?
UN Special Rep to give Chancellor’s Human Rights Lecture on protection of women and children in armed conflict
"..In Sri Lanka, there were 237 reported cases of children abducted between
November 2005 and October 2006.."
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About Radhika Coomaraswamy
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 Radhika Coomaraswamy was appointed Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict in April 2006 and in this capacity serves as a moral voice and independent advocate to build awareness and give prominence to the rights and protection of boys and girls affected by armed conflict.
A lawyer by training and formerly the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, she is an internationally known human rights advocate who is acknowledged for having done outstanding work as the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women (1994-2003). In her reports to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, she has written on violence in the family, violence in the community, violence against women during armed conflict and the problem of international trafficking. A strong advocate on women’s rights, she has intervened on behalf of countless women throughout the world seeking clarification from governments in cases involving violence against women. Ms Coomaraswamy is a graduate of the United Nations International School in New York. She received her BA from Yale University, her JD from Columbia University, an LLM from Harvard University and has honorary doctorates from Amherst College, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Essex. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About the Chancellor’s Human Rights Lecture
--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chancellor's Human Rights Lecture has become a feature of the University of Melbourne calendar since its inception in 2002 under then Chancellor Fay Marles. Previous lectures have been delivered by former PM Malcolm Fraser, High Court of Australia Justice Michael Kirby, Timor-Leste President Xanana Gusmao, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of the Republic of Ireland Mary Robinson and Executive Deputy Secretary General of Amnesty International and Melbourne alumna Kate Gilmore.
Courtesy: University of Melbourne | 
While delivering the Chancellor's Human Rights Lecture at University of Melbourne, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy,Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict argued the need of "Responsibility to Protect " and said "As I speak to you, I remember this young Palestinian boy. His father was killed, he had lived a lifetime in a refugee camp, he had to go through a wall to go to school, his head was filled with diverse conflicting emotions, and yet he was playful. And at the end of our conversation he sidled up to me with a grin and said, “Madam, why does the UN talk so much and do so little?” I hope the international community’s implementation of concepts like the Responsibility to Protect in a fair and responsible manner will enable me to return to Palestine and face that young man again.
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