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A detailed study of three key aspects that have come to define the UN's presence in Haiti - the use of force, sexual exploitation and abuse, and an epidemic inadvertently introduced by UN peacekeepers - combining international relations with international law and suggesting a new model of accountability which foregrounds human rights.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Minustah: A Reflection of Wider Issues with Peacekeeping; 2. A Political History of UN Involvement in Haiti; 3. Integrating Human Rights Norms into UN Peacekeeping Practice; 4. UN Immunities and Human Rights; 5. The Cholera Epidemic: Unintended Consequences and Implications; 6. Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Who Guards the Guardians?; 7. UN Peacekeepers' use of Deadly Force to Maintain Law and Order; 8. Conclusion; 9. Index.
About the author
Rosa Freedman is Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development at the University of Reading. She has published widely on the UN and human rights, and serves on the UN Secretary-General's Civil Society Advisory Board for the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and as a Specialist Adviser to the UK Government.Nicolas Lemay-Hébert is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at the Department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.Siobhán Wills is Professor of Law at the Transitional Justice Institute in the Law School of Ulster University. She has led two Arts and Humanities Research Council projects and held a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship on peacekeepers' legal obligations and the impact of peacekeeping on marginalised communities. She co-directed the films It Stays With You: Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti and Right Now I Want to Scream: Police and Army Killings in Rio.
Summary
A detailed study of three key aspects that have come to define the UN's presence in Haiti – the use of force, sexual exploitation and abuse, and an epidemic inadvertently introduced by UN peacekeepers – combining international relations with international law and suggesting a new model of accountability which foregrounds human rights.
