Al in
2011 sprak de zwakke regering van Haïti over blauwhelmen die
kinderen (zelfs van 11 jaar...) en vrouwen verkrachtten en daarmee ook nog eens een groot
aantal kinderen verwekten......
Toen na onderzoek bleek dat veel blauwhelmen verantwoordelijk waren voor de vreselijke misdaad die verkrachting heet en dat een groot aantal slachtoffers daardoor zwanger was geraakt, werden deze militairen met spoed naar huis gestuurd (veelal Brazilië).....
Toen na onderzoek bleek dat veel blauwhelmen verantwoordelijk waren voor de vreselijke misdaad die verkrachting heet en dat een groot aantal slachtoffers daardoor zwanger was geraakt, werden deze militairen met spoed naar huis gestuurd (veelal Brazilië).....
De VN
die een zogenaamd 'zero tolerance' beleid voert als het om verkrachting en kindermisbruik gaat, heeft keer op keer beterschap beloofd maar is dat niet nagekomen en
weigert nu groepen die de slachtoffers in Haïti bijstaan te helpen bij onderzoek naar wie verantwoordelijk is voor verkrachtingen en voor de kinderen die meestal uit die verkrachtingen zijn voortgekomen.... Dat laatste is vooral in Haïti belangrijk, daar de meeste van deze moeders in diepe armoede leven, zoals het grootste deel van de bevolking ervoor staat in dat onfortuinlijke land......
Het
Care2 team is een petitie gestart en eist daarin van de VN nu
eindelijk eens actie te ondernemen. Lees en teken de petitie ajb en
geeft het door!
Justice
for the Women Sexually Assaulted and Left Pregnant by U.N.
Peacekeepers in Haiti
They survived an earthquake, then they were raped by those meant to help them
“Peacekeepers” Came to This Country, Fathered Hundreds of Children, and Deserted Them
van: Care2
Team ontvanger: The United Nations
Andrew M., Care2 Action Alerts <actionalerts@care2.com>
The
peacekeepers deployed by the U.N., by definition, "protect the
most vulnerable and provide
support to countries in transition from conflict to peace."
That's what makes a new
report from researchers all the more outrageous, which revealed
that peacekeepers
stationed in Haiti took advantage of countless women there, fathered
hundreds of children, and then abandoned the women and offspring to
fend for themselves.
Sign the
petition today and demand that the U.N. hold these peacekeepers
accountable, and provide these mothers and children with the support
they need!
Launched in 2004, the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH, was the U.N.'s longest mission in a politically tumultuous and impoverished Haiti. The mission brought almost 5,000 personnel to the country, mainly from Brazil. The same year that the mission was officially halted, 2017, researchers interviewed locals to get a better idea of the experiences of young women and girls in the areas where U.N. personnel were stationed. Their discoveries were shocking.
10% of locals interviewed about the presence of the U.N. peacekeepers spoke of children fathered by the forces. Many of these children were products of rape or purchased sexual encounters; the report notes that some of the girls taken advantage of were as young as 11 years old.
When the pregnancies were discovered, the men responsible were not encouraged to support the expecting mothers who were already in a vulnerable situation. Instead, officials spirited them back to their home countries, leaving the new mothers to fend for themselves.
The U.N. has shown a shameful lack of support for these cases. While the organization claims to have a zero-tolerance policy relating to sexual misconduct, they have protected the peacekeepers responsible for these pregnancies and abandoned the women and children in need. Haitian-based organizations have lobbied for the U.N. to provide information and cooperation in cases of paternity suits, but have been left high and dry.
This is unacceptable. These women and children deserve support and justice but have received nothing but the cold shoulder from the men responsible for the situation and the organization that brought them there.
Sign the petition today and demand that the U.N. cooperate with the Haitian judicial system so that these women may receive the support they need!
Launched in 2004, the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH, was the U.N.'s longest mission in a politically tumultuous and impoverished Haiti. The mission brought almost 5,000 personnel to the country, mainly from Brazil. The same year that the mission was officially halted, 2017, researchers interviewed locals to get a better idea of the experiences of young women and girls in the areas where U.N. personnel were stationed. Their discoveries were shocking.
10% of locals interviewed about the presence of the U.N. peacekeepers spoke of children fathered by the forces. Many of these children were products of rape or purchased sexual encounters; the report notes that some of the girls taken advantage of were as young as 11 years old.
When the pregnancies were discovered, the men responsible were not encouraged to support the expecting mothers who were already in a vulnerable situation. Instead, officials spirited them back to their home countries, leaving the new mothers to fend for themselves.
The U.N. has shown a shameful lack of support for these cases. While the organization claims to have a zero-tolerance policy relating to sexual misconduct, they have protected the peacekeepers responsible for these pregnancies and abandoned the women and children in need. Haitian-based organizations have lobbied for the U.N. to provide information and cooperation in cases of paternity suits, but have been left high and dry.
This is unacceptable. These women and children deserve support and justice but have received nothing but the cold shoulder from the men responsible for the situation and the organization that brought them there.
Sign the petition today and demand that the U.N. cooperate with the Haitian judicial system so that these women may receive the support they need!
Thank you,
Andrew M.
The Care2 Petitions Team
P.S. Without public outrage these men will get away with their horrible crimes. Sign the petition.
