Spaces of Violence and (In)justice in Haiti: A Critical Legal Geography Perspective on Rape, UN Peacekeeping, and the United Nations Status of Forces Agreement

Reiz, Nicole; O’Lear, Shannon

doi:10.1080/21622671.2015.1114963

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“…Cumulatively across the region, then, women are placed in dire straits when extreme events hit. And finally, more recent disasters and subsequent recovery efforts have seen women reporting increased rates of sexual assault and rape (Horton, 2012; Reiz & O'Lear, 2016). These realities, in conjunction with austerity measures responsible for reductions in social spending and the privatisation of health care, have resulted in unaffordable reproductive services, treatment, medicine, and therapy.…”

Section: A Development Justice Approach To Disaster and Catastrophe Imentioning

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Development justice, a proposal: Reckoning with disaster, catastrophe, and climate change in the Caribbean

Gahman

Thongs

2020

Trans Inst British Geog

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This paper proposes that "development justice" be taken up as an analytical concept and praxis-driven framework for research on disasters, resilience, and climate change. The piece begins with a synopsis of the historical-structural factors exacerbating risk in the Caribbean before reviewing the concepts of vulnerability, resilience, and development justice. Next, drawing from empirical data and via a development justice lens, we highlight how the logics, practices, and debts of colonial underdevelopment, racial capitalism, and neoliberal extraction continue to erode resilience across the region. We end by recommending that future adaptation and mitigation strategies related to disasters, catastrophes, and climate change be more attentive to structural and slow violence, as well as the historical trajectories of imperialism, racial capitalism, and hetero patriarchal norms. In sum, the piece constitutes an evidence-based assertion that development justice perspectives alongside theories of non-metaphorical decolonisation be used by scholars, activists, scientists, and states alike who are committed to mediating climate change and preventing/reducing the damage caused by disasters.

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Section: A Development Justice Approach To Disaster and Catastrophe Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Development justice, a proposal: Reckoning with disaster, catastrophe, and climate change in the Caribbean

Gahman

Thongs

2020

Trans Inst British Geog

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“…There are numerous different strands of scholarship that have sought to explore the politics of testimony at varying spatial scales and involving a wide array of embodied practices (see Reiz and O’Lear, 2016). Some of this work has sought to examine the shifting geopolitical framing of violence, examining how changing political narratives constrain or enable the possibility of testimony.…”

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Legal geography II: Bodies and law

Jeffrey

2019

Progress in Human Geography

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Building on the arguments of the first report concerning court materiality, this progress report examines the various ways in which bodies have become the focal point of legal geographic interest. This work strays across disciplinary boundaries, mirroring other areas of the geographic discipline in understanding bodies both in their corporeal terms (as fleshy and vital) and their discursive construction (emerging through constellations of language and power). The report examines three interlinked aspects of this work, examining (i) bodies and testimony, (ii) bodies as evidence; (iii) bodies as property, and (iv) law and animality.

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“…However, unintended consequences often arise from the deployment of predominantly male peacekeepers into fragile states. Notably, sexual misconduct perpetrated by peacekeepers, including but not limited to sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA), transactional sex, sex tra cking, rape, and child sexual abuse, have been documented (1)(2)(3). Using the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) as a case study, we present empirical research aimed at understanding the distribution of peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual misconduct in Haiti and the impact of sexual misconduct on Haitian engagement with the UN.…”

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The Distribution and Consequences of Sexual Misconduct Perpetrated by Peacekeepers in Haiti: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Analysis

Vahedi

Stuart

Lee

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Reports of sexual abuse and exploitation and children fathered by peacekeepers were made during the course of The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). This research (1) Explores the association between location (rural, semi-urban, urban) and the sharing of narratives about sexual misconduct perpetrated by MINUSTAH peacekeepers; (2) Investigates the relationship between sharing narratives about sexual misconduct and the desire to engage with the UN/MINUSTAH. In 2017, a cross-sectional survey was administered by Haitian research assistants using SenseMaker®, a rapid mixed-methods data collection tool that allows participants to share a narrative on a topic of interest. In total, 2541 self-interpreted narratives pertaining to the experiences of women/girls in relation to MINUSTAH were collected across Haiti. After adjustment, narratives from rural areas were more likely (RRrural: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.38) to address sexual misconduct, compared to narratives shared in urban areas. (2) Personal experiences of sexual misconduct were more likely (RRsex: 4.52; 95% CI: 3.34, 6.12) to be associated with rejection of the UN/MINUSTAH, compared to personal narratives of positive/neutral experiences. This research is an empirical steppingstone to understanding the distribution and consequences of peacekeeper perpetrated sexual abuse and exploitation in Haiti.

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Spaces of Violence and (In)justice in Haiti: A Critical Legal Geography Perspective on Rape, UN Peacekeeping, and the United Nations Status of Forces Agreement

Cited by 11 publications

References 34 publications

Development justice, a proposal: Reckoning with disaster, catastrophe, and climate change in the Caribbean

Development justice, a proposal: Reckoning with disaster, catastrophe, and climate change in the Caribbean

Legal geography II: Bodies and law

The Distribution and Consequences of Sexual Misconduct Perpetrated by Peacekeepers in Haiti: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Analysis

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