Essays about: "UN Peacekeepers"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words UN Peacekeepers.
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1. The Exploitation by the Blue Helmets : A Qualitative Cross-Case Comparison of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic and the United Nations Mission in Burundi
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : UN peacekeeping operations have received a significant amount of backlash during the past decades when allegations of sexual misconduct conducted by its personnel against civilians have unravelled. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How does unemployment amongst internally displaced women, within the host state, affect the probability of United Nations peacekeepers perpetrating Transactional Sex against them? The suggested hypothesis yields that a high level of unemployed internally displaced women has a positive effect on peacekeeper-perpetrated transactional sex occurrence. READ MORE
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2. The Blue Helmets’ Dark Side : A Quantitative Study of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peace Missions
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Protecting human rights is the core mission of the UN, yet peacekeepers commit human rights violations, including sexual violence, during missions. While the literature has focused on qualitative research to assess the factors that make sexual exploitation and abuse occur, few studies have looked at it from a quantitative approach, and none have looked at the effect of the mission mandate. READ MORE
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3. Economic Recovery - Solidifying Peace? Quantifying the intersection of UN Peacekeeping Exit Points, Economic Recovery, and Conflict Recurrence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : According to the UCDP database, roughly 60% of all armed conflicts between 1944 and 2016 have recurred, an issue which has become increasingly incorporated into the framework of United Nations peacekeeping operations. Economist Paul Collier has theorized upon the importance of economic recovery for building sustainable peace, proposing that economic recovery should be the true exit point of UN peacekeepers. READ MORE
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4. Framing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers : Exploring the UN’s narrative surrounding the sexual misconduct of its peacekeepers
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Throughout the past few decades, accusations of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers have emerged against the United Nations, ultimately proving to be true. This thesis investigates the UN’s own narrative surrounding sexual misconduct of its peacekeeping personnel, identifying the dominant frames present within UN response to these events. READ MORE
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5. Peace from the barrel of a gun. : The effect of NATO and UN peace enforcement on war intensity.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Since 1991, NATO has played a prominent role in peacekeeping and peace enforcement in the Balkans and Afghanistan. Despite NATO’s role in peacekeeping, there is little literature that compares the efficacy of NATO and UN peace enforcement operations. READ MORE
