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Regulation of Sexual Conduct in UN Peacekeeping Operations

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Olivera Simic

    1. , Law School, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

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  • Six suggestions to the UN as how to address consensual sexual relationships in future policies
  • Comprehensive legal inquiry into definition of sexual exploitation employed by the UN
  • Global administrative law in practice
  • Feminist critique of soft law Empirical inquiry Interdisciplinary research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Sexual Conduct and Peacekeeping

    • Olivera Simic
    Pages 1-12

  3. UN Peacekeeping Operations: The Emerging Problem of Sexual Exploitation

    • Olivera Simic
    Pages 13-38

  4. The Secretary-General’s Bulletin: Evolution and Reception

    • Olivera Simic
    Pages 39-77

  5. Research Background, Aims and Methods

    • Olivera Simic
    Pages 79-107

  6. Sexual Relationships in UN Peacekeeping Operations

    • Olivera Simic
    Pages 109-144

  7. Sexual Exploitation and Prostitution in UN Peacekeeping Operations

    • Olivera Simic
    Pages 145-163

  8. Rethinking ‘Sexual Exploitation’ in UN Peacekeeping Operations

    • Olivera Simic
    Pages 165-173

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 175-191
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This book critically examines the response of the United Nations (UN) to the problem of sexual exploitation in UN Peace Support Operations. It assesses the Secretary-General’s Bulletin on Special Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (2003) (SGB) and its definition of sexual exploitation, which includes sexual relationships and prostitution. With reference to people affected by the policy (using the example of Bosnian women and UN peacekeepers), and taking account of both radical and ‘sex positive’ feminist perspectives, the book finds that the inclusion of consensual sexual relationships and prostitution in the definition of sexual exploitation is not tenable. The book argues that the SGB is overprotective, relies on negative gender and imperial stereotypes, and is out of step with international human rights norms and gender equality. It concludes that the SGB must be revised in consultation with those affected by it, namely local women and peacekeepers, and must fully respect their human rights and freedoms, particularly the right to privacy and sexuality rights.

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  • , Law School, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

    Olivera Simic

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