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Reporters witnessed a rapid increase in prostitution in Cambodia, Mozambique, Bosnia, and Kosovo after UN and, in the case of the latter two, NATO peacekeeping forces moved in. Instances of abuse in Cambodia caused widespread outrage after many of the abused women and girls also ended up contracting HIV/AIDS and other diseases that were not prevalent among the local population. [1] A Kosovo victims support group reported that of the local prostitutes, a third were under 14, and 80% were under 18. Amnesty said the victims were routinely raped "as a means of control and coercion" and kept in terrible conditions as slaves by their "owners"; sometimes kept in darkened rooms unable to go out. [2] [3] [4] In Haiti, the Sri Lankan peacekeepers wanted girls and boys as young as 12 for sex. "I did not even have breasts," said Victim No. 1, a girl. She reported to UN investigators that from ages 12 to 15 she had sex with over 40 peacekeepers, including someone called "Commandant" who paid her 75 cents. She stated that she slept in UN trucks on the UN base. In Haiti, 134 peacekeepers from Sri Lanka operated the child sex ring, luring children with candy and cash, according to the AP. After a U.N. report incriminated the peacekeepers, most were sent back to Sri Lanka, but none served any jail time. [5] [6]
In the 1996 UN study The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, former first lady of Mozambique Graça Machel documented: "In 6 out of 12 country studies on sexual exploitation of children in situations of armed conflict prepared for the present report, the arrival of peacekeeping troops has been associated with a rapid rise in child prostitution." [7]
Eight years later, Gita Sahgal spoke out with regard to the fact that prostitution and sex abuse crops up wherever humanitarian intervention efforts are set up. She observed: "The issue with the UN is that peacekeeping operations unfortunately seem to be doing the same thing that other militaries do. Even the guardians have to be guarded." [8] (see " Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?")
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- ^ Naraghi, Sanam (June 2017). "UN Peacekeepers' Sexual Assault Problem". Foreign Affairs. – via Foreign Affairs (subscription required)
- ^ Traynor, Ian (7 May 2004). "Nato force 'feeds Kosovo sex trade'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Document - Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro): "So does it mean that we have the rights?" Protecting the human rights of women and girls trafficked for forced prostitution in Kosovo". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ United Nations (26 August 1996). "The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children" (PDF). UNICEF. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Dodds, Paisley (12 April 2017). "More than 100 UN peacekeepers ran a child sex ring in Haiti. None were ever jailed". Toronto Star. AP. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Allen-Ebrahimian, Bethany (14 April 2017). "U.N. Peacekeepers Ran a Child Sex Ring in Haiti". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ United Nations (26 August 1996). "The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children" (PDF). UNICEF. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Jordan, Michael J. (26 November 2004). "Sex charges haunt UN forces; In places like Congo and Kosovo, peacekeepers have been accused of abusing the people they're protecting". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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Reporters witnessed a rapid increase in prostitution in Cambodia, Mozambique, Bosnia, and Kosovo after UN and, in the case of the latter two, NATO peacekeeping forces moved in. Instances of abuse in Cambodia caused widespread outrage after many of the abused women and girls also ended up contracting HIV/AIDS and other diseases that were not prevalent among the local population. [1] A Kosovo victims support group reported that of the local prostitutes, a third were under 14, and 80% were under 18. Amnesty said the victims were routinely raped "as a means of control and coercion" and kept in terrible conditions as slaves by their "owners"; sometimes kept in darkened rooms unable to go out. [2] [3] [4] In Haiti, the Sri Lankan peacekeepers wanted girls and boys as young as 12 for sex. "I did not even have breasts," said Victim No. 1, a girl. She reported to UN investigators that from ages 12 to 15 she had sex with over 40 peacekeepers, including someone called "Commandant" who paid her 75 cents. She stated that she slept in UN trucks on the UN base. In Haiti, 134 peacekeepers from Sri Lanka operated the child sex ring, luring children with candy and cash, according to the AP. After a U.N. report incriminated the peacekeepers, most were sent back to Sri Lanka, but none served any jail time. [5] [6]
In the 1996 UN study The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, former first lady of Mozambique Graça Machel documented: "In 6 out of 12 country studies on sexual exploitation of children in situations of armed conflict prepared for the present report, the arrival of peacekeeping troops has been associated with a rapid rise in child prostitution." [7]
Eight years later, Gita Sahgal spoke out with regard to the fact that prostitution and sex abuse crops up wherever humanitarian intervention efforts are set up. She observed: "The issue with the UN is that peacekeeping operations unfortunately seem to be doing the same thing that other militaries do. Even the guardians have to be guarded." [8] (see " Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?")
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References
- ^ Naraghi, Sanam (June 2017). "UN Peacekeepers' Sexual Assault Problem". Foreign Affairs. – via Foreign Affairs (subscription required)
- ^ Traynor, Ian (7 May 2004). "Nato force 'feeds Kosovo sex trade'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Document - Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro): "So does it mean that we have the rights?" Protecting the human rights of women and girls trafficked for forced prostitution in Kosovo". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ United Nations (26 August 1996). "The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children" (PDF). UNICEF. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Dodds, Paisley (12 April 2017). "More than 100 UN peacekeepers ran a child sex ring in Haiti. None were ever jailed". Toronto Star. AP. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Allen-Ebrahimian, Bethany (14 April 2017). "U.N. Peacekeepers Ran a Child Sex Ring in Haiti". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ United Nations (26 August 1996). "The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children" (PDF). UNICEF. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Jordan, Michael J. (26 November 2004). "Sex charges haunt UN forces; In places like Congo and Kosovo, peacekeepers have been accused of abusing the people they're protecting". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 15 April 2017.