In an increasingly complex world, it is more crucial than ever to have a full picture of how international peacekeeping can be a force for good, but can also have potentially negative impacts on host communities. After thirteen years of presence in Haiti, the highly controversial United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti has now withdrawn. The UN's legacy in Haiti is not all negative, but it does include sexual scandals, the divisive use of force to 'clean up' difficult neighbourhoods as well as a cholera epidemic, brought inadvertently by Nepalese peacekeepers that killed more than 8,000 Haitians and infected more than 600,000. This book presents a unique multi-disciplinary analysis of the legacy of the mission for Haiti. It presents an innovative account of contemporary international peacekeeping law and practice, arguing for a new model of accountability, going beyond the outdated immunity mechanisms to foreground human rights.
In an increasingly complex world, it is more crucial than ever to have a full picture of how international peacekeeping can be a force for good, but can also have potentially negative impacts on host communities. After thirteen years of presence in Haiti, the highly controversial United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti has now withdrawn. The UN's legacy in Haiti is not all negative, but it does include sexual scandals, the divisive use of force to 'clean up' difficult neighbourhoods as well as a cholera epidemic, brought inadvertently by Nepalese peacekeepers that killed more than 8,000 Haitians and infected more than 600,000. This book presents a unique multi-disciplinary analysis of the legacy of the mission for Haiti. It presents an innovative account of contemporary international peacekeeping law and practice, arguing for a new model of accountability, going beyond the outdated immunity mechanisms to foreground human rights.
1. Introduction: Minustah: A Reflection of Wider Issues with Peacekeeping; 2. A Political History of UN Involvement in Haiti; 3. Integrating Human Rights Norms into UN Peacekeeping Practice; 4. UN Immunities and Human Rights; 5. The Cholera Epidemic: Unintended Consequences and Implications; 6. Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Who Guards the Guardians?; 7. UN Peacekeepers' use of Deadly Force to Maintain Law and Order; 8. Conclusion; 9. Index.
An innovative analysis of accountability in international peacekeeping and human rights, with a focus on the UN's Haiti mission.
Rosa Freedman is Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development at the University of Reading. She has published widely on the UN and human rights, and serves on the UN Secretary-General's Civil Society Advisory Board for the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and as a Specialist Adviser to the UK Government. Nicolas Lemay-Hébert is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at the Department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. Siobhán Wills is Professor of Law at the Transitional Justice Institute in the Law School of Ulster University. She has led two Arts and Humanities Research Council projects and held a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship on peacekeepers' legal obligations and the impact of peacekeeping on marginalised communities. She co-directed the films It Stays With You: Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti and Right Now I Want to Scream: Police and Army Killings in Rio.
'… the important case studies enrich our understanding of the legal challenges faced by the UN alongside sound suggestions for improvement on IHRL and immunities in particular.' Alexander Gilder, International Peacekeeping
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