An Assessment of UN Efforts to Address Sexual Misconduct by Peacekeeping Personnel

Murphy, Ray

doi:10.1080/13533310600988820

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“…In terms of actions, peacekeepers’ misconduct leads to a starkly negative evaluation of their performance in the eyes of the local population and global audiences. There is a growing literature on peacekeepers’ accountability for sexual violence and abuse (e.g., Murphy 2006; Freedman 2018). Instances of gross violations committed personally by peacekeeping leaders, which are thankfully extremely rare, can result in criminal proceedings, 4 or administrative punishment (UN 2015).…”

Section: Performance and Accountability In Un Peacekeepingmentioning

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Politics or Performance? Leadership Accountability in UN Peacekeeping

Lundgren

Oksamytna

Bove

2021

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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International organizations face a trade-off between the need to replace poorly performing leaders and the imperative of preserving the loyalty of influential or pivotal member states. This performance-politics dilemma is particularly acute in UN peacekeeping. Leaders of peacekeeping operations are responsible for ensuring that peacekeepers implement mandates, maintain discipline, and stay safe. Yet, if leaders fail to do so, is the UN Secretariat able and willing to replace them? We investigate newly collected data on the tenure of 238 civilian and military leaders in thirty-eight peacekeeping operations, 1978 to 2017. We find that the tenures of civilian leaders are insensitive to performance, but that military leaders in poorly performing missions are more likely to be replaced. We also find evidence that political considerations complicate the UN’s efforts at accountability. Holding mission performance constant, military leaders from countries that are powerful or contribute large numbers of troops stay longer in post.

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Section: Performance and Accountability In Un Peacekeepingmentioning

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Politics or Performance? Leadership Accountability in UN Peacekeeping

Lundgren

Oksamytna

Bove

2021

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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“…In terms of actions, peacekeepers' misconduct leads to a starkly negative evaluation of their performance in the eyes of the local population and global audiences. There is a growing literature on peacekeepers' accountability for sexual violence and abuse (e.g., Murphy 2006;Freedman 2018). Instances of gross violations committed personally by peacekeeping leaders, which are thankfully extremely rare, can result in criminal proceedings, 4 or administrative punishment, such as suspension without pay (UN 2015).…”

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Politics or Performance? Leadership Accountability in UN Peacekeeping

2021

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“…Memorandum of Understanding (MOD), and the Force Regulations issued by the Secretary-General (Murphy 2006). Pursuant to the UN, the military and police personnel are "first and foremost members of their own national service and are then seconded to work with the UN" (Vezina 2012: 449).…”

Section: The Legal Framework Concerning Sea For Peacekeeping Forcesmentioning

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Sessi̇zli̇k Kültürü: Bm’nin Bariş Koruma Operasonlarinda Ci̇nsel Sömürü Ve İsti̇smara Yöneli̇k ‘Sifir Tolerans' Yaklaşimini İncelemek

Palabıyık¹,

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2021

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The peacekeeping operations of the United Nations for bringing peace and stability, which have been accepted by the country and have great expectations from the people, sometimes fail to give the desired contribution but confront the people of the country, especially women and young girls. The habit of sexual abuse and exploitation, which is gained in almost every operation in which the United Nations intervenes and carries out a peacekeeping operation with another problem such as sexual abuse and exploitation, is now turning into a trust problem towards the United Nations. The complex post-war environment in which the United Nations intervened through peacekeepers is further complicated by this widespread and exposed problem posed by these forces. In this sense, it becomes as important as necessary to investigate the reasons why sexual abuse and exploitation are so widespread and permanent. The solutions that the United Nations tries to bring to this problem are not effective enough, and an effective method cannot be developed for the solution of this problem that has become permanent. Sexual abuse and exploitation, which is already a big problem in the legal context, is a complex problem that needs to be also solved in the illegal context. In this study, the reasons for the emergence of this problem, which has become unacceptable especially for women and young girls, have been discussed, and the efforts of the United Nations for a solution and the adequacy of this effort have been examined through examples.

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An Assessment of UN Efforts to Address Sexual Misconduct by Peacekeeping Personnel

Cited by 17 publications

References 3 publications

Politics or Performance? Leadership Accountability in UN Peacekeeping

Politics or Performance? Leadership Accountability in UN Peacekeeping

Politics or Performance? Leadership Accountability in UN Peacekeeping

Sessi̇zli̇k Kültürü: Bm’nin Bariş Koruma Operasonlarinda Ci̇nsel Sömürü Ve İsti̇smara Yöneli̇k ‘Sifir Tolerans' Yaklaşimini İncelemek

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