TOTAL NUMBER OF PEACEKEEPING AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL

TOTAL NUMBER OF MISSIONS

17

16

2

PREVENTION POLICY

“Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse” (SEA) (2003)

“Code of Conduct for Staff and Mission Members”

“NATO Policy on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings” (2004 and 2007)

LEAD OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION

Office of Field Support

Office of Human Resources

NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division (PASP)

PREVENTION TRAINING

Pre-deployment and at mission

Pre-deployment

Pre-deployment and at mission “NATO Guidance for the development of training and educational programmes to support the policy on combating the trafficking in human beings” (2004)

NUMBER OF ALLEGATIONS IN 2015

99 [civilian (45), military (38), police (16)] 

69 allegations were reported against personnel of UN peacekeeping and special political missions in the Central African Republic (22), Democratic Republic of Congo (16), Haiti (9), Liberia (6), Ivory Coast (6), Mali (5), Darfur (2), Sudan's Abyei Region (1), Cyprus (1) and Timor-Leste (1). The remaining 30 allegations were reported against UN staff members and related personnel not associated with peacekeeping operations and special political missions.

An estimated 28% of the allegations against personnel of peacekeeping and other special political missions involved children under 18 years of age.

No reported allegations

No reported allegations – NATO relies on contributing countries to report allegations.

NEW INITIATIVES

The UN Secretary-General's (SYG) 2016 annual report (A/70/729) includes, for the first time, the list of nationalities of UN personnel affected by allegations. In January 2016, the UN began requiring troop contributing countries certify operational readiness, including conduct of pre-deployment training according to UN standards, and that personnel nominated have not engaged in previous misconduct while on a peacekeeping mission. The UN Office of Field Support's Misconduct Tracking System was enhanced to support the expanded certification and vetting efforts. The SYG instituted a six-month timeline for UN investigating offices to complete investigations of sexual exploitation and abuse and is urging impacted Member States to do the same. The SYG appointed a Special Coordinator on Improving the UN's Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

The OSCE TIP Special Representative traveled to Eastern Ukraine on three occasions, in the context of the crisis situation, to raise awareness and build capacities of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) personnel in identifying victims of human trafficking, providing support, and strengthening cooperation with local officials. During the last visit, the Special Representative conducted “training-of-trainers” for SMM personnel on domestic violence in conflict situations and human trafficking.

NATO's Operations Division created the Section for Protection of Civilians to serve as a focal point for human rights issues, including human trafficking. This new section is expected to take over NATO's Counter Trafficking in Human Beings Coordinator role, which resided in another division of NATO.