Posts tagged justice
A Record of Shame: Burundi Does Not Belong in UN Peacekeeping
A Record of Shame: Burundi Does Not Belong in UN Peacekeeping

July 16, 2019: In a new letter to the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, AIDS-Free World and its Code Blue Campaign call on the UN to repatriate Burundian peacekeepers serving in the Central African Republic, ending a deployment that earns the brutal and autocratic regime millions of dollars and puts innocent civilians at risk. (UN Photo / Marco Dormino)

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StatementAFW CommsBurundi, peacekeeping, sexual exploitation and abuse, UN, United Nations, Code Blue Campaign, accountability, justice, ICC, peacekeeper sexual abuse, sexual violence, Stephen Lewis, Paula Donovan, violence against women
Survivors of Gambian Dictator’s Bogus AIDS “Cure” Speak Out, Seek Justice
Survivors of Gambian Dictator’s Bogus AIDS “Cure” Speak Out, Seek Justice

December 5, 2017: (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) — Three survivors of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent AIDS “cure” recounted their harrowing experiences and their determination to bring the dictator to justice during a press conference at the 19th International Conference of AIDS and STIs (ICASA) in Africa today. AIDS-Free World is working in concert with the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, Gambian lawyers, and international partners to support the survivors and relatives of those who died at Jammeh's hands to pursue all possible legal avenues in their search for justice. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)

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StatementAFW CommsGambia, The Gambia, AIDS, cure, "AIDS cure", HIV, treatment program, Yahya Jammeh, Jammeh, AIDS-Free World, justice, case, herbal, treatment, IHRDA, UNAIDS
Haitian Times: Haiti UN Mission Leaving Under Cloud Of Scandal
Haitian Times: Haiti UN Mission Leaving Under Cloud Of Scandal

June 2, 2017: As Haiti's UN mission winds down, Code Blue's Paula Donovan highlights ongoing impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel. (UN Photo / Logan Abassi)

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Op-edAFW CommsPaula Donovan, Code Blue, Code Blue Campaign, sexual exploitation and abuse, MINUSTAH, Haiti, conduct and discipline, cholera, military, non-military personnel, justice, impunity, special court, special court mechanism, UN, United Nations, UN peacekeeping, peacekeepers, peacekeeper sexual abuse, peacekeeping, U.N.