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The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level

Quenivet, Noelle

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Noelle Quenivet Noelle.Quenivet@uwe.ac.uk
Director of Research and Enterprise (BLS)



Abstract

As a growing number of stories unravelled the involvement of United Nations peacekeepers in human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases, the United Nations adopted in 2003 and implemented a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual encounters between peacekeepers and local women. This article argues that this policy is flawed for a number of reasons. First, it does not apply to all United Nations-related personnel and thereby fails to target those who are mostly engaged in such activities. Second, it only provides for disciplinary measures, a flaw only partially remedied by the draft convention on the criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission. Third, it does not take into account the jurisprudence of international criminal tribunals on sexual offences, for it negates the possibility of consent. © 2007 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

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Quenivet, N. (2007). The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level. International Criminal Law Review, 7(4), 657-676. https://doi.org/10.1163/156753607X241256

Journal Article Type Review
Publication Date Nov 1, 2007
Deposit Date Dec 14, 2010
Journal International Criminal Law Review
Print ISSN 1567-536X
Electronic ISSN 1571-8123
Publisher Brill Academic Publishers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 4
Pages 657-676
DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/156753607X241256
Keywords United Nationas, sexual offences, zero-tolerance
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1034018
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156753607X241256
Related Public URLs http://www.brill.nl/icla