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16 Int'l Org. L. Rev. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/iolr16 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LAW REVIEW BRILL 16 (2019) 1-10 LAWRy NIJHOFF brilionm/inr New Approaches to the Accountability of International Organizations Kristen E Boon Seton Hall University kristen.boon@shuwedu Fr6d6ric Migret McGill University frederic.megret@mcgill.ca The United Nation's ('UN') record on accountability-related issues has never been perfect. Yet the UN has weathered prior storms and allegations of mal- feasance, often without significant damage.' This may be due to a generally deferential approach towards international organizations ('IOs') by lawyers.2 However, the 2013 launch of a class action asserting that UN peacekeepers had introduced cholera into Haiti was a watershed moment.3 The suit alleged that sewage from a base for Nepalese peacekeepers, who were part of an ongoing UN mission in Haiti, introduced a rare strain of cholera into one of the main i An exception may be the Oil for Food scandal. See Christopher M Blanchard and Kenneth Katzman, 'Iraq: Oil-for-Food, Illicit Trade and Investigation' (Research Paper No RL30472, Congressional Research Service Report, noth US Congress, 2007) 13 wherein 'Oil for Food' Scandal implicated senior UN officials in kickbacks, evidence of corruption and mismanage- ment on the part of UN officials. However, it is notable that incidents of corruption are far more frequent than sexual exploitation and abuse, although they rarely make the news, and when they do, they seem to pass over quickly. See eg Criminal accountability of United Na- tions officials and experts on mission, UN Doc A/71/167 (20 July 2016) annex II. Marc Santora, Somini Sengupta, and Benjamin Weiser, 'Former UN President and Chinese Billionaire Are Accused in Graft Scheme, New York Times (online), 6 October 2015 <https://www.nytimes .com/2015/10/07/nyregion/john-ashe-top-united-nations-official-is-accused-in-bribery- scheme.html> named former president of the UN General AssemblyJohnWAshe in a crimi- nal complaint alleging a broad pattern of corruption. 2 Eyal Benvenisti, 'Upholding Democracy Amid the Challenges of New Technology? What Role for the Law of Global Governance' (2018) 29 European journal ofInternationalLaw. 3 Georges v United Nations (Southern District of New York, Complaint No 13-07146, 2013). ( KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2019 DOI:10.1163/15723747-01601001

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