98 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICT The Security Council has developed a practice of adopting periodic and thematic resolutions on the protection of particular categories of persons in armed conflicts, including civilians, children and women. For example, in its resolution 1265 (1999), it urged parties to comply strictly with their obligations under international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law. More recently, in its resolution 1894 (2009), it demanded “that parties to armed conflict comply strictly with the obligations applicable to them under international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law”. The Security Council has used similar language in its aides-memoires.146 In all these instruments, the Security Council increasingly requires the United Nations to take action to implement and protect standards of both international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Furthermore, in its resolution 1612 (2005) the Security Council requested the Secretary-General to implement a monitoring and reporting mechanism on children and armed conflict and established a working group to review the mechanism’s reports. The mechanism monitors in particular six grave abuses: (a) killing or maiming of children; (b) recruiting or using child soldiers; (c) attacks against schools or hospitals; (d) rape and other grave sexual violence against children; (e) abduction of children; and (f) denial of humanitarian access for children. The working group makes recommendations to the Security Council on possible measures to promote the protection of children affected by armed conflict and addresses requests to other United Nations bodies for action to support the implementation of the Security Council resolution.147 There are no similar Security Council working groups for civilians and women in armed conflicts. However, in its resolution 1888 (2009) on women and peace and security, the Security Council requested the Secretary-General “to devise urgently and preferably within three   See, for example, the aide-memoire annexed to the Statement by the President of the Security Council (S/PRST/2002/6, updated in 2003). 147   For more information on the mechanism, see the action plan presented by the SecretaryGeneral (A/59/695–S/2005/72). See also www.un.org/children/conflict/english/ index.html (accessed 30 June 2011). 146