Minustah is doing positive things just as they do negative things

Nuanced perceptions of a UN peacekeeping operation amidst peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse in Haiti

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5680869
AutoresCarla King (0000-0003-0851-4906, Queen's University, autor de correspondencia), Gary Ferraro (0000-0003-1602-7200, Faculté de Travail Social et de Justice Sociale (FTSJS), Port-Au-Prince, Haiti), Sandra C Wisner (Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, Boston, MA, USA), Stéphanie Etienne (Komisyon Fanm Viktim pou Viktim (KOFAVIV), Port-Au-Prince, Haiti), Sabine Lee (0000-0002-4803-298X, Department of History, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK), Susan A Bartel (0000-0003-2782-3480, Queen's University)
Año2021
Volumen21
Número6
Páginas749-779
Fecha de publicación2021-11-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaConflict Security and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14678802.2021.1997453
OpenAlexW3212000438
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas20

Haiti’s instability at the turn of the millennium demanded unprecedented changes towards community-based peacekeeping strategies. While deemed successful by some in reducing actualised violence, the UN Peace Support Operation, MINUSTAH, was wrought with allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and mired by the inadvertent introduction of cholera. To understand the host community’s experiences with MINUSTAH, data was collected around seven UN bases from 10 locations in Haiti between June and August 2017. We find that Haitian perceptions on reporting, justice and responsibility for SEA are in juxtaposition with MINUSTAH’s efforts towards stabilisation and security. While participants identified positive perceptions of MINUSTAH that aligned with the novel community violence reduction strategy employed in Haiti, outstanding concerns around SEA remain. We recommend the UN addresses its environment of impunity, alters its practices and policies to be victim/survivor-centred and improve transparency and communication with host communities. The UN must make the systemic changes necessary to address impunity or provide reparations for peacekeeper-perpetrated SEA

Criminology · Economic Justice · Human rights · Impunity · International community · Peacekeeping · Political science · Politics · Sexual violence · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Sex work and related issues