Orler
Claims
Sentencing of
Abusers,
Industrial
Park &
French
Replacement
Not Shown
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
January 30,
updated 5:56
pm -- Back on
March 8 in
2010 UN
Secretary
General
Ban Ki-moon
named
Ann-Marie
Orler as the
Police Adviser
for the
Department of
Peacekeeping
Operations.
Inner
City Press immediately
asked Orler
about immunity
for
peacekeepers
or
UN Police who
rape. She
replied "the
country has to
follow up...
if the country
neglects it,
it is more
difficult."
On
January 30,
2013 Orler
gave her final
press
conference as
UN Police
Adviser. Inner
City Press, on
behalf of the
new Free
UN Coalition
for
Access,
thanked her
for her
previous
briefings and
asked her a
final
follow up.
What
happened to
the UN Police
charged with
sexual abuse
in Haiti in
2012? Video
here, from
Minute 10:06.
Orler
said she
wouldn't
answer on
specific
cases, but
said that a
negative
finding means
that a person
can "never
come back" to
a UN
peacekeeping
mission. This
seems a light
punishment, a
twist on the
claimed "zero
tolerance."
Orler did say
that in this
case,
the
perpetrators
were found
guilty and
sentenced.
Where?
On
the case of a
UN
Police officer
from Rwanda,
Bisangwa
Hassan, shot
and killed in
Haiti
in September,
Ms. Orler said
she would look
into it. And
unlike with
some other UN
and especially
DPKO
officials,
we believe
her.
And,
update of 4:22
pm, the
Police
Division
Communications
Officer
reached out
for more
information
about the
question,
which has been
provided. See
below.
Inner
City Press
also asked
about UN
Police, again
in Haiti,
patrolling an
industrial
park. Video
here, from
Minute 14:37.
Orler said she
wasn't
aware of it.
Well, it's the
Societe
Nationale des
Parcs
Industriels or
SONAPI, and
it's said the
UN patrols
began after
protests by
workers.
Is this the
UN?
Back
on December
27, 2012,
Inner City
Press asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokespeople
to "please
state when UN
Police
Commissioner
Orler's
contract
expires or
when she is
expected to
leave, and
please deny or
confirm /
comment that
the
Secretariat is
considering a
French
replacements
despite France
already
occupying
DPKO."
Now
the first part
is answered.
Is the answer
to the second
part oui
or non?
Update
of 5:56 pm --
on one of the
two questions,
this came in:
Dear
Mr. Lee,
Regarding your
question about
Officer
Bisangwa
Hassan, here
are the
following
press releases
from MINUSTAH,
which the
Police Adviser
wished me to
pass along to
you.
http://minustah.org/?p=37612
http://minustah.org/?p=37654
This was an
unfortunate
accident which
was
investigated
by the
UN.
The
police-contributing
country was
informed
accordingly as
per
established
procedure.
Regarding your
second
question, I
will
revert.
Thank you,
, 
