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Holding UNPOL to Account
Individual Criminal Accountability of United Nations Police Personnel
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Ai Kihara-Hunt
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2017
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Ai Kihara-Hunt’s Holding UNPOL to Account: Individual Criminal Accountability of United Nations Police Personnel analyzes whether the mechanisms that address criminal accountability of United Nations police personnel serving in peace operations are effective, and if there is a problem, how it can be mitigated.
The volume reviews the obligations of States and the UN to investigate and prosecute criminal acts committed by UN police, and examines the jurisdictional and immunity issues involved. It concludes that these do not constitute legal barriers to accountability, although immunity poses some problems in practice. The principal problem appears to be the lack of political will to bring prosecutions, as well as a lack of transparency, which makes it difficult accurately to determine the scale of the problem.
The volume reviews the obligations of States and the UN to investigate and prosecute criminal acts committed by UN police, and examines the jurisdictional and immunity issues involved. It concludes that these do not constitute legal barriers to accountability, although immunity poses some problems in practice. The principal problem appears to be the lack of political will to bring prosecutions, as well as a lack of transparency, which makes it difficult accurately to determine the scale of the problem.
Author / Editor information
Ai Kihara-Hunt, Ph.D. (2016), is Associate Professor for the Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo. She has published articles and chapters, including “Why does the immunity afforded to UN personnel not appropriately reflect the needs of the Organization?”, United Nations Studies Vol.17 (2016).
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eBook published on:
March 6, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9789004328815
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Main content:
436
eBook ISBN:
9789004328815
Keywords for this book
human rights; prosecute; obligation to investigate; immunity; jurisdiction; accountability; prosecution; impunity; sexual exploitation; abuse; conduct; criminal; crime; misconduct; UNPOL; UN police; Peacekeeping
Audience(s) for this book
Academics and students researching on the United Nations and human rights, think tanks and civil society groups pursuing accountability, United Nations and government officials working on the rule of law.
