Kathryn Bolkovac

Kathryn Bolkovac (* in the 20th century ) is a former US police investigator .

Life

Kathryn Bolkovac comes from the US state of Nebraska and went to post-war Bosnia as a police instructor in the late 1990s . There she was deployed to the UN in the IPTF through the private military service provider DynCorp .

Bosnia

Originally American US by the private security and military company DynCorp, which had a 15-million-dollar contract for the education and training of Bosnian police officers employed by the United Nations, Bolkovac determined with the help of Madeleine Rees against traffickers and pimps . Investigators found that members of various UN organizations paid for the prostitutes and participated in the sexual exploitation of the women. Many of them have been forced to resign on suspicion of illegal activity, but none have been prosecuted for imposing immunity or security reasons . a. before prosecution in Bosnia. After Bolkovac uncovered these abuses, made them public and asked various, even higher ranks of the UN organizations to vacate their posts, she was dismissed by DynCorp.

consequences

Bolkovac filed a lawsuit against DynCorp in the UK for unjustified dismissal for disclosing internal grievances, also known as whistleblowing . On August 2, 2002, the court ruled unanimously in their favor.

In 2010, her story was filmed under the title Whistleblower - On a dangerous mission with Rachel Weisz in the lead role. In 2011 her book was published under the title The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice by Palgrave-MacMillan-Verlag.

After a film screening of The Whistleblower , the then UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened a panel discussion on the subject of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse in conflict and post-conflict situations. The filmmakers and senior UN officials addressed the issues raised in the film - including human trafficking and forced prostitution - and called on the organization to step up efforts to combat the sexual exploitation of women and children.

Bolkovac now lives in Nebraska's capital, Lincoln, as well as in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam . She has not found a job in public services since the affair.

literature

• K. Bolkovac: The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice. Palgrave MacMillan Publisher, 2011, ISBN 978-0-230-10802-8 .
• The unpunished sexual crimes of the UN soldiers. In: Spiegel-online. July 10, 2002 (spiegel.de)
• Sex, lies, and videotape at the UN Foreign Policy. July 28, 2011. (turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com)
• Whistleblower Network e. V. (whistleblower-net.de)

Web links

• Official website of Kathryn Bolkovac (English)
• Interview with Kathryn Bolkovac the Christian Science Monitor (English)
• Interview with Kathryn Bolkovac with the Huffington Post (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kathryn Bolkovac: The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors And One Woman's Fight For Justice. In: The Guardian. London, January 22, 2011. theguardian.com ( October 2, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Kathryn Bolkovac: Human trafficking, Bosnia and Herzegovina (News), World news, Law, Europe . In: The Guardian . London January 22, 2011 ( theguardian.com ).
3. ↑ Kathryn Bolkovac, Cari Lynn: The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice . Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, ISBN 978-0-230-10802-8 .
4. ↑ United Nations webcast: Panel discussion: Sexual exploitation and abuse in conflict and post-conflict situations ( Memento of the original dated October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Kathryn Bolkovac and Cari Lynn