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.
November 22, 2017: In the wake of a new allegation of child rape against an international civil servant serving in MONUSCO, the Code Blue Campaign has issued an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres asking for answers about how the case is being handled. (UN Photo / Evan Schneider)
November 17, 2017: Yesterday, the UN posted new allegations of sexual abuse in MONUSCO, including by a UN civilian staff member. Read our statement.
September 18, 2017: Remarks by Paula Donovan, Co-Director, AIDS-Free World, at the Informal Discussion with the Special Coordinator and Civil Society Partners following the Secretary General’s High-Level Meeting on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. (Photo: DavidGoldmanphoto.com)
September 13, 2017 — A confidential source has provided AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign with internal case files that offer a rare glimpse into what really happens when the UN learns of violations of a sexual nature allegedly committed by peacekeepers. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
September 13, 2017: Case summaries of 14 internal fact-finding inquiries of sexual exploitation and abuse complaints conducted by the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in 2016 that were leaked to the Code Blue Campaign. (Photo: UN 'Keepers' case files).
June 20, 2017: The Code Blue Campaign responds to the decision to withdraw Congo/Brazzaville troops from the Central African Republic. (UN Photo/Nektarios Markogiannis)
June 6, 2017: The Code Blue Campaign has learned that a notorious battalion in the Central African Republic has been repeatedly flagged as a potential hive of dangerous predators. By failing to act, the UN is setting the stage for future abuse and placing women and children in harm's way. In an open letter to the UN Secretary-General, Code Blue's Paula Donovan and Stephen Lewis demand action. (Photo: UN / MINUSCA)
April 12, 2017: Shocking new revelations about what happened to children sexually abused in the Central African Republic by peacekeepers were revealed in a Code Blue Campaign press conference today. (Photo: SVT)
April 10, 2017: MEDIA ALERT: New revelations from children abused by peacekeepers. (Photo: SVT)
March 10, 2017: The Secretary-General asked for "game-changing strategies" on addressing sexual exploitation and abuse, but the new Special measures report on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse fails to deliver. (UN Photo / Violaine Martin)
October 13, 2016: The Code Blue Campaign is advocating for a new, independent system of special courts to deal with sexual abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel. This solution will provide impartial justice for victims, the accused, and the battered populations who currently have no real recourse to justice.
August 5, 2016: Which candidates for UN Secretary-General have supported the UN Accountability Pledge? Read the latest update. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)
July 29, 2016: As media reports detail horrific stories of mass rapes in South Sudan while peacekeepers stand idly by, Code Blue wonders whether any of the messages about the meaning of zero tolerance are sinking in. (UN Photo / Nektarios Markogiannis)
July 28, 2016: 37 Civil society groups call on UN Secretary-General candidates to take 5-part Accountability Pledge on sexual exploitation and abuse, cholera. (UN Photo / Evan Schneider)
July 28, 2016: Together with 36 other civil society organizations from around the world, we call upon the candidates for UN Secretary-General to pledge their commitment to building a more accountable and transparent United Nations by signing the UN Accountability Pledge.
May 24, 2016: The Code Blue campaign dissociates itself from planned protests coinciding with the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)
April 13, 2016: Code Blue has learned of an additional 41 previously unreported allegations of peacekeeper sexual abuse of women and girls in the Central African Republic. (UN Photo / Nektarios Markogiannis)
Le 13 avril 2016: Le siège de l'ONU a pris connaissance le 7 Avril de 41 nouvelles allégations d’abus sexuel commis par des Forces de maintien de la paix sur des femmes et des filles. (UN Photo / Nektarios Markiogiannis)
April 11, 2016: Yasmin Sooka, External Independent Review Panel on UN Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Foreign Military Forces in CAR ('CAR Panel') and Paula Donovan, Code Blue Campaign will host an online press conference on Monday, April 11 at 13:30 GMT.
March 30, 2016: New information obtained by Code Blue reveals huge undisclosed numbers of previously unreported peacekeeper sexual abuse in CAR. (Photo: Aekkaphob/Shutterstock)
