IV.  APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW BY THE UNITED NATIONS months, specific proposals on ways to ensure monitoring and reporting in a more effective and efficient way within the existing United Nations system on the protection of women and children from rape and other sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations, utilizing expertise from the United Nations system and the contributions of national Governments, regional organizations, non-governmental organizations in their advisory capacity and various civil society actors, in order to provide timely, objective, accurate and reliable information on gaps in United Nations entities response, for consideration in taking appropriate action”. In resolution 1894 (2009), on civilians in armed conflicts, the Security Council considered “the possibility […] of using the International Fact-Finding Commission established by article 90 of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions” in order to receive information on alleged violations of applicable international law relating to the protection of civilians. In its resolution 1674 (2006), the Security Council recognized that development, peace and security and human rights are interlinked and mutually reinforcing and noted “the commission of systematic, flagrant and widespread violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in situations of armed conflict may constitute a threat to international peace and security”. It further noted, in its resolution 1894 (2009), that “the deliberate targeting of civilians as such and other protected persons, and the commission of systematic, flagrant and widespread violations of applicable international humanitarian and human rights law in situations of armed conflict may constitute a threat to international peace and security” and reaffirmed “its readiness to consider such situations and, where necessary, to adopt appropriate steps”. With the adoption of the Rome Statute, the Security Council has also been given an active role in the fight against impunity for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression. The Rome Statute foresees that the Security Council, acting under Chapter VII, may refer to the International Criminal Court situations in which one or more of such crimes appears to have been committed. In the exercise of this power, the 99