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Exploring Impunity and Accountability: The Impact of TCC-UN Relationships on Peacekeeper Perpetrated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Silberman, Rakel LU (2024) FKVK02 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Reports of sexual abuse committed by United Nations peacekeepers has sparked much attention and research in recent years. Scholars, journalists and the general population have made efforts to try and understand this phenomena and its apparent continuation. The aim of this paper is to examine and identify the possible factors, stemming from the relationship between Troop Contributing Countries and the UN, that enable impunity and a lack of accountability in regards to sexually driven crimes committed by peacekeepers during missions. Employing a comparative case study of MINUSCA and MONUSCO, selected through literal replication, the study aims to address a research gap by integrating Legal Pluralism and Agency/Principal Actor theories into... (More)
Reports of sexual abuse committed by United Nations peacekeepers has sparked much attention and research in recent years. Scholars, journalists and the general population have made efforts to try and understand this phenomena and its apparent continuation. The aim of this paper is to examine and identify the possible factors, stemming from the relationship between Troop Contributing Countries and the UN, that enable impunity and a lack of accountability in regards to sexually driven crimes committed by peacekeepers during missions. Employing a comparative case study of MINUSCA and MONUSCO, selected through literal replication, the study aims to address a research gap by integrating Legal Pluralism and Agency/Principal Actor theories into its theoretical framework. This paper identifies a number of factors which could explain the sustainment of impunity and inadequate accountability, including an unwillingness to prosecute by troop contributing countries, flawed selection of troop contributing countries based on judicial capacities, insufficient enforcement of agreements, deficient policy implementation, and lacking UN oversight. The paper suggests a way of addressing these challenges could be achieved through the implementation of robust information systems and rigorous enforcement of outcome-based contracts. (Less)
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author
Silberman, Rakel LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
United Nations, Peacekeeping, Sexual exploitation and abuse, Troop contributing countries, Impunity, Accountability, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, Legal Pluralism, Agency theory, Principle-Actor theory
language
English
id
9154050
date added to LUP
2024-07-18 14:06:17
date last changed
2024-07-18 14:06:17
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  abstract     = {{Reports of sexual abuse committed by United Nations peacekeepers has sparked much attention and research in recent years. Scholars, journalists and the general population have made efforts to try and understand this phenomena and its apparent continuation. The aim of this paper is to examine and identify the possible factors, stemming from the relationship between Troop Contributing Countries and the UN, that enable impunity and a lack of accountability in regards to sexually driven crimes committed by peacekeepers during missions. Employing a comparative case study of MINUSCA and MONUSCO, selected through literal replication, the study aims to address a research gap by integrating Legal Pluralism and Agency/Principal Actor theories into its theoretical framework. This paper identifies a number of factors which could explain the sustainment of impunity and inadequate accountability, including an unwillingness to prosecute by troop contributing countries, flawed selection of troop contributing countries based on judicial capacities, insufficient enforcement of agreements, deficient policy implementation, and lacking UN oversight. The paper suggests a way of addressing these challenges could be achieved through the implementation of robust information systems and rigorous enforcement of outcome-based contracts.}},
  author       = {{Silberman, Rakel}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Exploring Impunity and Accountability: The Impact of TCC-UN Relationships on Peacekeeper Perpetrated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}