Sexual exploitation and abuse by UN military contingents
Subtitle: moving beyond the current "status quo" and responsibility under international law
By: by Róisín Sarah Burke
Series: International Humanitarian Law Series -- volume 42; International humanitarian law series -- 42.
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9789004208476
Subjects: Peacekeeping forces; Sexual behavior; Conduct of life; Sex crimes; Prevention; United Nations
Other titles: Sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations military contingents
Description: In this book Róisín Burke explores the legal, conceptual and practical difficulties of dealing with sexual offences committed by military contingent personnel deployed on UN peace operations. Some of the inadequacies of current legal frameworks for dealing with such abuses are examined. The book addresses the difficulties with applying international humanitarian law, human rights law and/or international criminal law in this context, and the broader issue of state/international organization responsibility. The book proposes policy options to increase accountability both for perpetrators and for troop contributing nations otherwise indifferent to the crimes of their national contingents --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-376) and index.