Resources

The following resource list is courtesy of The American Society of International Law.

UN Documents
 

• A Comprehensive Strategy to Eliminate Future Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (pdf), March 24, 2005 (Zeid Report).
• DPKO (Department of Peacekeeping Operations): Guidance and Directives of Disciplinary Issues for All Categories of Personnel Serving in UN Peacekeeping and Other Field Missions.
• Human Trafficking and United Nations Peacekeeping (pdf), UNDPKO Policy Paper, March 2004.
• Secretary General's Bulletin on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (pdf), October 9, 2003.
• Implementation Guidelines for the Field on the Secretary-General's Bulletin on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse.
• Statement of Commitment on Eliminating Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN and Non-UN Personnel (pdf), December 2006.
• UN Security Council Resolution 1325, UN Doc. S/Res/1325 (2000).
• UN Security Council Resolution 1820 on Women and Peace and Security (pdf), UN Doc. S/Res/1820 (2008).

Peacekeeping and Related Codes of Conduct

• Ten Rules: Code of Conduct for Blue Helmets (pdf).
• We are United Nations Peacekeeping Personnel (pdf).
• UN Staff Rules and Regulations (in UN Human Resources Handbook).
• UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Conduct and Discipline Units.

 
Reports

• Hopes Betrayed: Trafficking of Women and Girls to Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina for Forced Prostitution, Human Rights Watch, November 2002.
• Literature Review and Analysis Related to Trafficking in Post-Conflict Settings (pdf), USAID, June 2004.
• Must Boys Be Boys? Ending Sexual Abuse & Exploitation in UN Peacekeeping Missions, Refugees International, October 18, 2005.
• Sexual Exploitation in Peace-keeping Missions (pdf), Transparency International, December 8, 2006.
• No One to Turn To: The Under-Reporting of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Aid Workers and Peacekeepers (pdf), Save The Children UK, May 2008.

 

Articles

• C. Cora True-Frost, The UN Security Council Marks Seventh Anniversary of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security with Open Debate, ASIL Insights, December 17, 2007.
• Susan A. Notar, Peacekeepers as Perpetrators: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Women and Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (pdf), American University Journal of Gender Social Policy & the Law (2006).

NATO

• NATO Policy on Combating Human Trafficking (News, Official Texts, Opinions).

Ministries of Defense

• U.S. Department of Defense Resources on Combating Trafficking in Persons.

CSIS Materials

Materials Related to CENTCOM’s Response to “Evaluation of DOD Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons," (pdf) received August 20, 2007 as a result of a CSIS Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from July 2007.