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 Maat in its report on the sexual abuse of people with blue berets: Do not tolerate accountability

Millions of peacekeepers around the world made a difference in the countries in which they worked. The UN umbrella was the sponsor of more than 72 peace-keeping operations, which achieved successes in many cases and failed in others. But those efforts are not without flaws that disrupt its humanitarian work.

Since the early 1990s until today, the parent international organization is still facing charges of multiple sexual scandals, on the territories in which it is supposed to exercise the mandate of protection and not the mandate of abuse. Thousands of cases; The Maat Foundation monitored some of them in its recent report, which deals with sexual exploitation in exchange for providing services in countries where blue hats are common.

The United Nations did not establish a legal framework for accountability and oversight of peacekeepers under the umbrella of the international organization. Rather, the legal framework was more general and merely bilateral and multilateral agreements. Even more problematic, the laws differentiate between civilian and military personnel, which creates problems in accountability and enforcement.

Peacekeepers enjoy immunity that conferred on them a jurisdiction to protect them in the host State, under Article V of the United Nations Convention on the Privileges and Immunities. The sending state is obligated to investigate, and the United Nations is limited to administrative investigations only, if the sending state fails to conduct its own investigations within 10 days of handing over the prosecution to its authorities.

Although the United Nations applied the "zero tolerance" policy, it was not a deterrent to the accused. Accordingly; In its report, Maat Foundation may demand a review of the international treaties on the immunity of United Nations personnel. As well as putting pressure on sending countries to implement their mandate of accountability and accountability. Emphasizes the need to focus on the victim and her rehabilitation rather than the perpetrator of the crime; As a holistic approach to reform.

 

 

 

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