Media highlights on the independent CAR Panel’s scathing report on the UN’s failure to respond to sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)
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December 17, 2015: The External Independent Review panel ('CAR Panel') led by Justice Marie Deschamps released its final report on the UN's response to peacekeeper sex abuse in the Central African Republic. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)
December 17, 2015: An exclusive by Colum Lynch in Foreign Policy reports that Anders Kompass, senior UN Human Rights Official, is cleared by the independent CAR Panel for his role in passing report on peacekeeper child sex abuse to the French government (UN Photo/Violaine Martin)
Fox News investigates how a contract extension for Joan Dubinsky, the UN's Director of Ethics, may add fuel to a controversy about her actions in a peacekeeping sex abuse scandal in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Toronto Star: Probe of sex abuse by UN peacekeepers is long overdue: Editorial
June 25, 2015: The United Nations is finally launching a probe into its failure to protect children and women under its care from sexual abuse by some peacekeepers.
(UN Photo/Catianne Tijerina)
Marie Deschamps to lead UN probe after child sex abuse allegations
June 23, 2015: The former Supreme Court justice will lead an investigation into UN procedures after peacekeepers accused of sexual abuse in Central African Republic. (Photo: UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Ferran)
June 22, 2015: The UN Secretary-General has appointed Marie Deschamps (Canada), Hassan Jallow (Gambia) and Yasmin Sooka (South Africa) to an External Independent Review Panel, first announced on June 3. The Panel, tasked with reviewing the UN’s response to allegations of sexual abuse of children by international peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, is also “mandated to make recommendations on how the UN should respond to similar allegations in the future and on any shortcomings in existing procedures.” (Photo: UN Photo / Evan Schneider)