Criminalising Peacekeepers - Modernising National Approaches to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book examines Australia's and the United States' ability to prosecute their peacekeepers for sexual exploitation and abuse. The United Nations has too long been plagued by sexual exploitation and abuse in some of the world's most vulnerable communities. Discussion within United Nations' reporting and academic scholarship focuses on policy; however, a significant concern outlined here is that peacekeepers are committing sexual offences with impunity, despite exclusive criminal jurisdiction over peacekeepers being granted to their sending states. In this original study O'Brien provides an in-depth, feminist analysis of US and Australian sexual offending law and jurisdiction over their military and military-civilian peacekeepers. Based on timely critical analysis, this book demonstrates the limitations states face in ensuring accountability for sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers - a factor which directly contributes to ongoing commission of and impunity for such offences. Calling for a rights-based, transnational law response to these crimes, this engaging and thought-provoking work will appeal to international practitioners, governments, UN policy-makers, and scholars of international, military and criminal law.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Melanie O'brien
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	207
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-57728-9
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > International criminal law Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > General
LSN:	3-319-57728-X
Barcode:	9783319577289

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