UN aid worker suspended for leaking report on child abuse by French troops

[Luiz 4,253]

Anders Kompass said to have passed confidential document to French authorities because of UN’s failure to stop abuse of children in Central African Republic

A senior United Nations aid worker has been suspended for disclosing to prosecutors an internal report on the s-xual abuse of children by French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic.

Sources close to the case said Anders Kompass passed the document to the French authorities because of the UN’s failure to take action to stop the abuse. The report documented the s-xual exploitation of children as young as nine by French troops stationed in the country as part of international peacekeeping efforts.

Kompass, who is based in Geneva, was suspended from his post as director of field operations last week and accused of leaking a confidential UN report and breaching protocols. He is under investigation by the UN office for internal oversight service (OIOS) amid warnings from a senior official that access to his case must be “severely restricted”. He faces dismissal.

The treatment of the aid worker, who has been involved in humanitarian work for more than 30 years, has taken place with the knowledge of senior UN officials, including Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the high commissioner for human rights, and Susana Malcorra, chef de cabinet in the UN, according to documents relating to the case.

The abuses took place in 2014 when the UN mission in the country, Minusca, was in the process of being set up.

The Guardian has been passed the internal report on the s-xual exploitation by Paula Donovan, co-director of the advocacy group Aids Free World, who is demanding an independent commission inquiry into the UN’s handling of s-xual abuse by peacekeepers.

It was commissioned by the UN office of the high commissioner for human rights after reports on the ground that children, who are among the tens of thousands displaced by the fighting, were being s-xually abused.

Entitled Sexual Abuse on Children by International Armed Forces and stamped “confidential” on every page, the report details the rape and sodomy of starving and homeless young boys by French peacekeeping troops who were supposed to be protecting them at a centre for internally displaced people in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic.

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[Dangerous Man 9,245]

Why don't they like it to leak? To protect the names of the child victims or to cover that embarrassment? Please don't disappoint us UN.

 

[LoveandMagic 1,731]

If this is true, how awful!

[Luiz 4,253]

Donovan said: “The regular s-x abuse by peacekeeping personnel uncovered here and the United Nations’ appalling disregard for victims are stomach-turning, but the awful truth is that this isn’t uncommon. The UN’s instinctive response to s-xual violence in its ranks – ignore, deny, cover up, dissemble – must be subjected to a truly independent commission of inquiry with total access, top to bottom, and full subpoena power.”

The UN has faced several scandals in the past relating to its failure to act over paedophile rings operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kosovo and Bosnia. It has also faced allegations of s-xual misconduct by its troops in Haiti, Burundi and Liberia.

 

 

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[darkwolf 590]

Just heard this in the news... how disgusting

[Creyk 18,632]

Wait IDGI, the article doesn't really say...what did the troops actually do? Did they fu*k 9-year old girls or what? O.o

[Didymus 34,380]

"a truly independent commission of inquiry with total access, top to bottom, and full subpoena power"

Yeah, that's not gonna happen

Very sad. I hope there will be more action following this scandal.

Wait IDGI, the article doesn't really say...what did the troops actually do? Did they fu*k 9-year old girls or what? O.o

​Yes, it does say, actually

"the report details the rape and sodomy of starving and homeless young boys by French peacekeeping troops who were supposed to be protecting them at a centre for internally displaced people in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic"

You're welcome.

[Hauser 1,262]

It always bothers me to no end when people who leak confidential government documents/info in order to expose crimes get punished (Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, etc).

[lego 44,165]

The children described how they were s-xually exploited in return for food and money. One 11-year-old boy said he was abused when he went out looking for food. A nine-year-old described being s-xually abused with his friend by two French soldiers at the IDP camp when they went to a checkpoint to look for something to eat.

 

The child described how the soldiers forced him and his friend to carry out a s-x act. The report describes how distressed the child was when disclosing the abuse and how he fled the camp in terror after the assault. Some of the children were able to give good descriptions of the soldiers involved.

 

Disgusting animals. Will they go unpunished?

[Whispering 18,865]

Unfortunately, this doesn't surprise me. 

[Creyk 18,632]

 

"the report details the rape and sodomy of starving and homeless young boys by French peacekeeping troops who were supposed to be protecting them at a centre for internally displaced people in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic"

You're welcome.

​Wait the article at the beginning mentions girls

But here it refers exclusively to boys

Were all the soldiers bi-curious? I'm so confused

[Supersonic 49,376]

​Wait the article at the beginning mentions girls

But here it refers exclusively to boys

Were all the soldiers bi-curious? I'm so confused

​The article never mentioned girls.

[Whispering 18,865]

​Wait the article at the beginning mentions girls

But here it refers exclusively to boys

Were all the soldiers bi-curious? I'm so confused

The sad truth is that they are into anything and anyone that can rape.

They probably know that young children are very unlikely to have STDs, so they are the target victims. Also, the young girls are kept close to their families and groups of people, due to the threat of rape. The young boys are allowed to be out on their own more, making them more available targets. 

[SleepingSun 1,355]

It doesn't surprise me that in this twisted and corrupt world, child molesters are protected. There is no reason such monsters should be protected in any way. Throw them into a dark pit and let them rot there for eternity. Period.