Article

Human rights violations by peacekeeping forces in Somalia

by Richard J. Wilson and Emily Singer Hurvitz

• Human rights brief, Vol. 21, issue 2, spring 2014, p. 2-8 : photogr.

English

Source : https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1909&context=hrbrief (last accessed on 19.06.2020)

Widespread sexual violence is occurring throughout South-Central Somalia, and the perpetrators of this violence are often alleged to be government security forces and military personnel from the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM). Within Somalia, there is little recourse for victims of sexual violence, and human rights practitioners are looking to international options as alternative venues for seeking justice. This article uses the case of peacekeeping troops in Somalia perpetrating human rights violations to explore the liability of peacekeepers and their home states in these situations. It assumes, for purposes of analysis here, that due to their traditional immunities, the international organizations involved in providing the peacekeeping forces are not themselves accountable for human rights violations or criminal misconduct, but that issue is not explored comprehensively in this article.

• More information is available for logged in users

• Human rights brief / CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW
• Human rights brief [Vol. 21, issue 2, Spring 2014] / CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW