UN report on stopping peacekeeper sex crimes fails, say critics
Emma Phillips talks to The Current’s Anna Maria Tremonti about the United Nations resolution to tackle the issue of sexual assault committed by its peacekeepers.
Emma acted as counsel for the Independent Panel on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by International Peacekeeping Forces in the Central African Republic. about her concerns that the UN report does not deal with the culture within the UN that allowed the assaults to occur and questions whether the new measures proposed by the Secretary General will be effective in ending the abuse.