A UN report found that members of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti abused and sexually exploited women by trading sex for food and medicine, reports the Associated Press.
The draft report by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services said peacekeepers engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women.
“For rural women, hunger, lack of shelter, baby care items, medication and household items were frequently cited as the ‘triggering need,’” said the report. It also acknowledged that there is “significant underreporting” noting that a third of alleged sexual abuse involves people younger than 18.
Sri Lankan troops were expelled from Haiti for sexually abusing children in 2007, with no prosecutions or punishments having taken place. 111 soldiers and 3 officers were repatriated back to Sri Lanka after being part of UN mission in Haiti and were accused of a string of sexual assaults, including rape of children as young as 7 years old.
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The draft report by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services said peacekeepers engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women.
“For rural women, hunger, lack of shelter, baby care items, medication and household items were frequently cited as the ‘triggering need,’” said the report. It also acknowledged that there is “significant underreporting” noting that a third of alleged sexual abuse involves people younger than 18.
Sri Lankan troops were expelled from Haiti for sexually abusing children in 2007, with no prosecutions or punishments having taken place. 111 soldiers and 3 officers were repatriated back to Sri Lanka after being part of UN mission in Haiti and were accused of a string of sexual assaults, including rape of children as young as 7 years old.
See our earlier posts:
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