Criminalising Peacekeepers: Modernising National Approaches to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

by Melanie O'brien

Book Overview

This book examines Australia's and the United States' ability to prosecute their peacekeepers for sexual exploitation and abuse. The United Nations has too long been plagued by sexual exploitation and abuse in some of the world's most vulnerable communities. Discussion within United Nations' reporting and academic scholarship focuses on policy; however, a significant concern outlined here is that peacekeepers are committing sexual offences with impunity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331957728X
• ISBN13: 9783319577289
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"