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- Title
Child Victims and the Punishment of UN Peacekeepers for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
- Authors
Comstock, Audrey L
- Abstract
A growing subset of peacekeeping literature focuses on explaining peacekeeper sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of civilians within postconflict protection. However, what happens after the abuse has received limited attention. Most of the time, peacekeepers do not receive any type of punishment following abuse allegations. What explains why peacekeepers are punished for abuse allegations? I argue that the presence of child victims increases the chances that peacekeepers are punished. Two mechanisms are highlighted through which the presence of child victims increases the chance of punishment: (i) the increased moral and legal obligation of UN member states to protect children and (ii) the increased shaming and media focus on child victims, which heightens public focus. The empirical analyses of UN and Troop-Contributing Country punishment actions between 2007 and 2017 provide robust support for the argument that the presence of child victims increases peacekeeper punishment. This research builds on studies of SEA, peacekeeping dynamics, and victimhood.
- Subjects
UNITED Nations; CHILD victims; SEX crimes; PUNISHMENT; DISCIPLINE of children; OBEDIENCE (Law); HUMAN trafficking
- Publication
International Studies Quarterly, 2024, Vol 68, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0020-8833
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/isq/sqae063