UN Call for Action on Sex-offending Peacekeepers

The United Nations has called for a collective and effective response to the growing number of sexual-exploitation and sexual-abuse allegations against peacekeepers. Image: UN peacekeepers board a flight to the Central African Republic (AAP)

UN peacekeepers board a flight to the Central African Republic Source: AAP

It comes after the United Nations adopted a resolution to immediately repatriate any peacekeepers accused of sexual abuse.

 

Now, a major international human-rights organisation has called for an overhaul of the U-N peacekeeping movement.