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Sex in peace operations / Gabrielle Simm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simm, Gabrielle, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations--Peacekeeping forces.
- United Nations.
- Peacekeeping forces.
- United Nations--Privileges and immunities.
- Privileges and immunities.
- Sex--Social aspects.
- Sex.
- Peacekeeping forces--Moral and ethical aspects.
- International agencies--Rules and practice.
- International agencies.
- Liability (Law).
- Sex and law.
- Private military companies (International law).
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Gabrielle Simm's critical re-evaluation of sex between international personnel and local people examines the zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and its international legal framework. Whereas most preceding studies of the issue have focused exclusively on military peacekeepers, Sex in Peace Operations also covers the private military contractors and humanitarian NGO workers who play increasingly important roles in peace operations. Informed by socio-legal studies, Simm uses three case studies (Bosnia, West Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to illustrate the extent of the problem and demonstrate that the problems of impunity for sexual crimes are not just a failure of political will but the result of the structural weaknesses of international law in addressing non-state actors. Combining the insights of feminist critique with a regulatory approach to international law, her conclusions will interest scholars of international law, peace and conflict studies, gender and sexuality, and development.
- Contents:
- Regulating peacekeeping : a feminist framework
- Law as regulation : jurisdiction, immunity and international responsibility
- 'Above the law' : sex trafficking by private military contractors in Bosnia
- Aid for sex : humanitarian NGO workers in West Africa
- "Zero compliance with zero tolerance" : UN peacekeepers in the DRC.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781139343398
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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