There are two types of personnel involved with peacekeeping missions and there are two legal regimes that govern them. The detail is simple: Laws that protect perpetrators must no longer be tolerated. And it is to this appalling situation that the Code Blue campaign is drawing attention. This is appalling and no doubt has contributed to a culture of individuals committing sexual violence knowing that they will get away with it. There are different rules for troops “bought in” by the United Nations, but generally no member of a peacekeeping mission may be prosecuted by the country in which they commit rape or sexual abuse. staff enjoy immunity as part of an international civil service. The reason is that laws protect perpetrators if they are working for or under the cover of the international body.īased on the model of diplomatic immunity that protects heads of states and ambassadors from charges when abroad, the U.N. reviews and repeated calls for action, little has changed on the ground. missions and systematically raped them, and have committed other egregious acts of sexual violence. Few of those responsible have ever been brought to justice.ĭespite media attention, internal U.N. Personnel have forced women and children to have sex in exchange for food, have trafficked women into U.N.
Over the last two decades, peacekeepers have been accused of abuses in Liberia, Congo, Bosnia and Haiti. blue helmets, the United Nations has played a central role in their not yet being brought to justice. Indeed, recently it was revealed that French troops on duty in the Central African Republic are alleged to have committed systematic rape and abuse on children at a displaced persons’ camp from December 2013 to June 2014.
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