World: Rape and the UN’s lack of accountability—in my own case and beyond

By Megan Nobert/Guest Blogger — October 1, 2015

By now it is clear that there are accountability problems within the United Nations system when it comes to sexual assault. Between the Code Blue campaign fighting for accountability in cases of sexual exploitation and rape of children and women in the Central African Republic by French peacekeepers and the latest scandal involving a UN contractor in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the issue of impunity for UN employees, including peacekeepers, civilians, consultants, and contractors, is now being discussed at all levels within the UN system—and outside of it, too.

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