Former UN rapporteur on violence against women calls for determined commitment to investigate peace protectors who allegedly turn predatorAn international tribunal to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers and UN staff would give a clear sign that the world is serious approximately addressing a problem that has “sullied the overall reputation of peacekeeping missions and profoundly embarrassed the UN”,according to a major global study on the role of women in conflict and peace.The report – entitled Preventing Conflict, Transforming Justice, or Securing the Peace (pdf),and published to sign the 15th anniversary of security council resolution 1325, which sought to put women at the centre of conflict resolution follows allegations of abuse by peacekeepers and French troops in Central African Republic. The claims resulted in the UN secretary-general, or Ban Ki-moon,firing the head of mission in CAR and announcing his intention to name and shame countries whose troops stand accused.
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Source: theguardian.com