Press releases and statements about AIDS-Free World's Code Blue campaign. Code Blue aims to end impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel.
April 1, 2022: As Secretary-General António Guterres prepares to replace Jane Holl Lute, Code Blue calls for the next Special Coordinator on improving the UN response to sexual exploitation and abuse to scrutinize the Organization’s current response and seek out new perspectives before calling for necessary reform.
March 18, 2022: In the latest Special Measures Report, the Secretary-General declares his intention to improve the UN's response to its sexual abuse crisis by appointing a dedicated, full-time Special Coordinator. The change is overdue. But it isn't enough. Our statement calls for radical reform. (UN Photo / Manuel Elías)
February 17, 2022: Code Blue is calling for the removal of Jane Holl Lute as Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Her simultaneous position as a spokesperson for Shell Oil presents an untenable conflict of interest. (Photo: C-SPAN)
October 22, 2021: Co-Director Paula Donovan reacts to the WHO’s plan to address sexual exploitation and abuse by its personnel. (UN Photo/Manuel Elías)
September 28, 2021: The World Health Organization's "Independent" Commission on sexual abuse allegations in DRC released its report today. Paula Donovan, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World and its Code Blue Campaign, says there is nothing independent about the way WHO handled the allegations lodged against its personnel.
July 19, 2021: Member States need to enact far-reaching changes to ensure that the horrors of MINUSTAH—the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017—will never be repeated, in any mission. (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)
June 8, 2021: The Office of Internal Oversight Services issued a scathing critique of the UN’s approach to its ongoing sexual exploitation and abuse crisis. In this piece, Code Blue responds. (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas)
March 19, 2021: Today’s UN press conference announcing the release of the Secretary-General’s annual Special Measures Report steered clear of hard facts in favor of frivolous distractions.
February 12, 2021: The United Kingdom has vowed to put the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment by aid sector and UN personnel "at the centre of everything we do." But a child rape case from the Democratic Republic of the Congo—involving an alleged perpetrator of British nationality—puts the lie to that claim. (UN Photo)
February 1, 2021: António Guterres has announced his availability for a second term as UN Secretary-General. In a new statement, Code Blue calls on him to step aside and ask Member States to appoint a woman in his place. (UN Photo / Manuel Elías)
October 1, 2020: The UN's dysfunctional system for handling allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its own personnel ensures that the latest scandal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will not be the last. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
September 17, 2020: The UN inquiry on Burundi must not end until President Ndayishimiye orders the investigation and prosecution, if necessary, of Burundian soldiers serving in UN Peacekeeping who have been accused of sexual crimes.
August 11, 2020: In an opinion piece published in Devex, Code Blue legal and policy advisor Sharanya Kanikkannan highlights the failures of the UN’s internal justice system and argues for transparent and accessible accountability mechanisms. (UN Photo / Manuel Elias)
July 20, 2020: In our second Open Letter to the Secretary-General, we redouble our effort to determine the work status of Ms. Lute, the senior UN official charged with overseeing the effort to end sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)
July 16, 2020: The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi urged the international community this week to "remain vigilant" on the situation in Burundi. The Code Blue Campaign agrees, and calls on the UN to ensure that Burundian peacekeepers are no longer free to commit sexual exploitation and abuse with impunity. (Photo: presidence.gov.bi)
June 1, 2020: The UN's highest-ranking official dedicated to addressing sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN personnel—Jane Holl Lute, who serves at the Under-Secretary-General level—appears to be no longer actively engaged in her role. (UN Photo / Loey Felipe)
May 15, 2020: It is not possible to hold a free and fair election without international monitors in the midst of rampant and worsening violence while an unchecked pandemic sickens many more Burundians than the government is willing to admit, write Paula Donovan and Stephen Lewis in a new statement. (UN Photo / Martine Perret)
March 13, 2020: The Code Blue Campaign comments on a troubling new UN report, which reveals an increase in the number of sexual exploitation and abuse allegations against UN personnel. We need the UN now more than ever. (UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe)
5 mars 2020 : Dans un nouveau rapport, la Code Blue Campaign présente un récit étayant notre point de vue selon lequel les troupes du régime de Pierre Nkurunziza au Burundi n'ont pas leur place dans les opérations de maintien de la paix de l'ONU. (Crédit photo / Adrienne Surprenant)
March 5, 2020: In a new report, the Code Blue Campaign lays out a narrative substantiating our view that troops from the Pierre Nkurunziza regime in Burundi do not belong in UN Peacekeeping. (Photo credit / Adrienne Surprenant)
