President François Hollande pictures here meeting French soldiers on a trip to Central African Republic. Photo: AFP
The Guardian: UN aid worker suspended for leaking report on child abuse by French troops
Anders Kompass said to have passed confidential document to French authorities because of UN’s failure to stop abuse of children in Central African Republic
A senior United Nations aid worker has been suspended for disclosing to prosecutors an internal report on the sexual abuse of children by French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic.
Sources close to the case said Anders Kompass passed the document to the French authorities because of the UN’s failure to take action to stop the abuse. The report documented the sexual exploitation of children as young as nine by French troops stationed in the country as part of international peacekeeping efforts.
Update #1: French troops accused of raping boys in CAR -- The Local
Update #2: France's poisoned legacy in the Central African Republic -- David Smith, The Guardian
WNU Editor: Instead of being suspended this UN aid worker should be promoted .... but this has always been a long term problem for the UN when it comes to its peacekeepers and allegations of sexual abuse .... and their response has always been the same .... they turn a blind eye.
There have been UN peacekeepers of whatever color raping people in Eastern Congo for 10 years or more.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that out lawyer-politicians have sat on their hands.
They decry violence, but cannot come up with the legal justification to stop it. So many of these politicians have law degrees before setting off on political crusades. If they do not have law degrees they certainly can be advised by lawyers in international law or make the law at the UN.
If they would simple defeat the Hutu or other bands rampaging in Eastern Congo, they could turn it over to local policing and pack up and go home.
But coming up with a legal justification to stop the Hutu rebels must take a a centuries worth of legal work (because we know 2 decades is not enough) or a spine.
How is it that international law lawyers are so damn sure of themselves that they setup The Hague to try, convict and sentence people, but they are not sure how they can bring them in?
That is a poser to be sure.
But heck, if they cannot take Kony, how will they solve a problem that is 1 to 3 order of magnitude greater.
Kony must of developed some sort of Romulan cloaking device that hides him from aerial Reconnaissance and satellites. However, ivory poachers and buyers know how to pierce this cloaking device. they must have more advanced tech than the US military as well. (Apparently, we are not serious about poaching either.)
Prosecution is needed, but maybe the public can take a page out of the Civil War (Tennessee).