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Recommendation 27
27
Accepted
Paragraph: 104
The UN should not invoke immunity to protect perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse from...
Recommendation
The UN should not invoke immunity to protect perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse from robust investigation. The UK should work with the UN to ensure that UN immunity is not being used to protect perpetrators and call-out UN entities that have misused immunity provisions.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepts the recommendation and states it is happy to work with the UN to ensure immunity is not used to protect perpetrators and to call out entities misusing immunity provisions.
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Paragraph Reference:
104
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
We will continue to work with the UN to ensure the application of the UN’s stated policy that “UN staff members are not covered by immunity for acts that constitute crimes, and the Organization does not protect staff who commit such crimes.”
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