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Criminal Accountability is 'Largely Unachieved'

Criminal Accountability is 'Largely Unachieved'

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)

Guest Post: 100 Years of Sexism in the United Nations

Guest Post: 100 Years of Sexism in the United Nations

January 20, 2020: Izzy Tod looks back on the UN’s internal gender politics on the 100th anniversary of the League of Nations' founding, in a guest post that first appeared in Cherwell, Oxford’s independent student newspaper. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)

Op-Ed: It's Not Complicated: UN Must Clarify Immunity

Op-Ed: It's Not Complicated: UN Must Clarify Immunity

September 26, 2018: In an Op-ed published in Inter Press Service, Code Blue’s Paula Donovan takes on the UN’s handling of an investigation into sexual harassment of a senior UN Women official—demonstrating the UN’s inability to remedy its sex abuse crisis from within. (UN Photo / Cia Pak)

Code Blue Exposes UNFPA Efforts to Prevent Indian Police from Investigating Sexual Assault Charges Against Senior Official

Code Blue Exposes UNFPA Efforts to Prevent Indian Police from Investigating Sexual Assault Charges Against Senior Official

August 16, 2018: After Prashanti Tiwari filed a criminal complaint against UNFPA’s Representative in India and Bhutan, Diego Palacios, the UN asserted immunity, falsely claiming that the accused is immune from legal process. A report detailing the findings of the internal UN investigation provides incontrovertible evidence that UNFPA is in the throes of a concerted effort to block criminal justice. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)