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International Television Winner
"UN Sex Abuse Scandal"
Ramita Navai, Sam Collyns, Dan Edge, Andrew Metz, Raney Aronson, FRONTLINE PBS
Travelling to remote and unstable areas of the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo, director Sam Collyns and reporter Ramita Navai track down survivors who were as young as 10 when they say they were raped or exploited by UN peacekeepers who were supposed to protect them.
At every location they visit, Collyns and Navai uncover new, unreported cases of abuse -- suggesting there are many more victims than the U.N. claims. The team finds that the U.N.'s own count of sex abuse and exploitation victims is woefully low, and learns that when victims do come forward, the U.N. has been slow or failed to act.
The team uses the evidence they collect on the ground from neglected survivors to hold the UN to account -- and to show where they and member states have failed to protect and help victims. |