UN peacekeepers ’ involvement in rape was found as early as 1993 during the Bosnian genocide , where peacekeepers were found to regularly visit a Serb-run brothel in Sarajevo that housed Bosniak and Croat women who were forced to become prostitutes . According to the Outlook , sexual misconduct by Indian soldiers and officers on UN duty in Congo raised disturbing questions . In recent years , several UN soldiers in Haiti have been accused and convicted of raping boys as young as 14 years . In one instance , BBC News reports that Uruguayan soldiers raped a young man . In another instance , Uruguayan UN soldiers were recently convicted of raping a Haitian boy , sparking protests that called for the withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces . In Congo in 2004 , peacekeepers from Uruguay , Morocco , Tunisia , South Africa and Nepal have faced 68 cases of rape , prostitution and pedophilia . The investigation resulted in the jailing of six Nepalese troops . In Sudan , the Egyptian contingent was accused of raping six women when the civilians took shelter at the peacekeepers ’ headquarters in order to flee from the fighting . Allegations of rape of young women and children have also been launched against UN peacekeepers in South Sudan . In Mali , four UN peacekeepers from Chad were involved in the rape of a woman . Members of the Moroccan contingent faced rape charges during the course of their duties at the UN mission in Ivory Coast
Bosnian genocide
Bosnian genocide
Wartime sexual violence