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28 U.C. Davis J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 139 (2021-2022)
(UN)Accountable: Who Shall Hold the United Nations Accountable for Its Human Rights Breaches? International Arbitration and Insurance Coverage as Two Viable Solutions to the UN Accountability Dilemma

handle is hein.journals/ucdl28 and id is 151 raw text is: (UN)ACCOUNTABLE: WHO SHALL HOLD THE UNITED NATIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS HUMAN RIGHTS BREACHES? INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND INSURANCE COVERAGE AS TWO VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE UN ACCOUNTABILITY DILEMMA Amin R. Yacoub' and Becky Briggs ABSTRACT The United Nations (UN) is the guardian of human rights. Such guardianship is praise-worthy; nevertheless, UNpeacekeepers breach human rights in host countries more frequently than not. If this is a factual truth, an inevitable question arises: who holds the guardian of human rights accountable for breaching human rights? Currently, there is no upstanding legal venue capable of adjudicating human rights breaches of International Organizations, especially the UN. Our aim in this research is to scrutinize the academically suggested administrative, legal, and quasi-legal mechanisms to arrive at an adequate and feasible legal mechanism to hold the UN accountable for its human rights breaches. This research suggests and evaluates two alternative accountability mechanisms for the UN, namely international arbitration and insurance coverage. Copyright © 2022 Amin R. Yacoub; Doctoral (PhD/SJD) Candidate at University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law; International Lawyer (New York and Egypt); Prosecutor at the Egyptian Public Prosecution Office; Former Research Scholar at New York University (NYU) School of Law (2018); LLM in International Law, NYU School of Law, MAHS Scholar (2018); LLM in Public Law, Faculty of Law, Cairo University (2017); Former Associate at the Arbitration department at Matouk Bassiouny Law Firm (2015-2016); LLB with High Distinction and Honors, Cairo University, Faculty of Law English Section (2015). Copyright © 2022 Becky Briggs; Becky Briggs, Esq. Criminal Defense Attorney licensed in Colorado, Virginia, and Federal District Courts. J.D. Villanova, 2008; B.A. Bryn Mawr College, 2004; DSW University of Southern California, 2019; L.L.M., University of San Diego, 2021.