This report analyses the steps taken by specialist bodies, UN organs and agencies as well as other international organisations engaged in peacekeeping to address victims’ rights and needs following allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers in countries including the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. It calls for fundamental changes to the way in which these cases are handled, with particular need for the recognition of victims right holders, rather than vulnerable recipients of charity or benevolence.
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Peacekeeping Operations
This report analyses the steps that have been taken by specialist bodies, organs and agencies of the UN, and other international organisations engaged in peacekeeping, to address victims’ rights and needs following allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in countries including the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Haiti.