Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Military Contingents

Róisín Sarah Burke, PhD (2012) at the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne, is currently a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway. She has published articles/chapters on state and international organization responsibility, gender-based crimes, and international law, including, with the Journal of Conflict and Security Law and Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher.

• Excerpt of table of contents:Abstract; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; A SEA – The Problem B Statement of Research Questions and Study’s Limitations C Methodology D Chapter Outline E Scope of Study, its Context and Purpose Chapter I Background – Current Accountability Framework and UN Initiatives A UN Standards of Conduct and the Prohibition of SEA B UN Response to SEA C Conclusion Chapter II Status of Forces and Jurisdictional Immunity A Status of Forces B Jurisdictional Immunities C Host State Consent and Customary International LawD Conclusion Chapter III Applicability of International Law and SEA by UMC Personnel A Applicability of IHL to UMCs and SEA B Applicability of Human Rights LawC Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations of TCCsD States Obligations under IHRL Treaties towards SEA VictimsE ConclusionChapter IV The ICC as an Avenue for the Prosecution of UMC Personnel A SEA by UMC Personnel – Chapeau Elements under the Rome StatuteB Further Restrictions in the Rome Statute C Gravity Threshold D Complementarity and its implications E State Cooperation F Positive Complementarity G Conclusion Chapter V Moving beyond the Status Quo – Alternatives for Holding UMC Personnel to Account? A Justifications for Prosecution of UMC Personnel by an Internationalized Justice Mechanism B Tri-Hybrid Justice Mechanism C Trial Monitoring and Onsite Courts Martial D Conclusion Chapter VI State and International Organization Responsibility A Command and Control B Attribution of responsibility C Consequences of Wrongful Act or Omission D Avenues for holding the TCC or UN to accountE Conclusion Main Findings and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.