While UN rights body advocates for compensation for sexual violence, UN’s own rules prohibit reparations
Even when sex abuse and rape cases are referred to local authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they occurred, it’s often an uphill battle when it comes to allegations involving UN personnel. Take the alleged 2017 rape of a 16-year-old Congolese girl by a British man working...
UN indifference to women in DRC sheds light on why Ebola sex abuse victims may never find justice
Ketsia* said she was working as a part-time cleaner for the World Health Organization during the 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when a doctor invited her to his house and offered her a promotion in exchange for sex. He tried to rape her, but she...
