Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a leading UK charity.
Children in post-conflict areas are being abused by the very people drafted into such zones to help look after them, says Save the Children.
After research in Ivory Coast, southern Sudan and Haiti, the charity proposed an international watchdog be set up.
Save the Children said it had sacked three workers for breaching its codes, and called on others to do the same.
The three men were all dismissed in the past year for having had sex with girls aged 17 - which the charity said was a sackable offence even though not illegal.
The victims are suffering sexual exploitation and abuse in silence
The UN has said it welcomes the charity’s report, which it will study closely.
Save the Children says the most shocking aspect of child sex abuse is that most of it goes unreported and unpunished, with children too scared to speak out.
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“They grabbed me and threw me to the ground and they forced themselves on me… I tried to escape but there were 10 of them and I could do nothing,” she said.
“I was terrified. Then they just left me there bleeding.”
No action has been taken against the soldiers.
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The reason I opened this thread here is that according to BBC TV report 10 “Peacekeepers” invovled in raping Elizabeth were Pakistani soldiers.
This is just sickening.. :disgust:
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That is sick :(
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Court Marshal the lot!
Mirch
May 27, 2008, 6:06pm
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very very sick.
If Pakistani peacekeepers were involved, they should be disciplined and punished according to the law.
These accusations are not new. Here is one against Indian troops.http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/18/rss.htm#6
Back in 2004, there were 68 alleged cases against peacekeepers from Uruguay, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Pakistan and Nepal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3145-2004Dec15.html
either these cases are false accusations, or they are simply buried due to the fear by UN that countries will stop sending their troops to war ravaged countries.
Spock
May 27, 2008, 6:14pm
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I hope action is taken against the 10 sick soldiers from Pakistan. However, I have no hope, as last time Musharraf termed the rape victims are attention seekers who underwent that to obtain visas of western countries. We also know who pardoned the accused captain who raped a woman in Baluchistan.