UNCOVER THE HORRIFIC CRIMES COMMITED BY THOSE WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO PROTECT WORLD PEACE IN “UN SEX ABUSE SCANDAL”

UNCOVER THE HORRIFIC CRIMES COMMITED BY THOSE WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO PROTECT WORLD PEACE IN

“UN SEX ABUSE SCANDAL” 

Available on DVD September 18

Arlington, Va. – July 31, 2018 – PBS Distribution announces the release of “FRONTLINE: UN SEX ABUSE SCANDAL” available on DVD September 18. Over the past 15 years, the United Nations (UN) has recorded more than 1,700 allegations of sexual abuse by its peacekeepers in conflict zones around the world - from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Kosovo, and from East Timor to Haiti. In this program, FRONTLINE investigates how and why the problem of sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers has persisted despite the UN’s efforts to stamp it out - and why the UN has a record of only 53 uniformed peacekeepers and one international civilian peacekeeper being sent to prison for sexual offenses.

Correspondent Ramita Navai and the film team track down survivors across the globe who were as young as 10 years old when they say they were raped or exploited by UN peacekeepers who were supposed to protect them. The team also finds and interviews Didier Bourguet, the only civilian peacekeeper to have been jailed for sexual abuse while working abroad for the UN. He was imprisoned for two rapes - but he tells FRONTLINE on-camera that he had sex with 20 or 25 children while in the Congo.

Gripping and eye-opening, the program explores the failures and constraints of the UN - which has the authority to fire people, but not prosecute them - and the role of member states in dealing with the problem.

“FRONTLINE: UN SEX ABUSE SCANDAL” on DVD ($24.99 SRP) September 18, 2018. The program has a run time of approximately 60 minutes. “FRONTLINE: UN SEX ABUSE SCANDAL” is currently available on Digital HD.

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FRONTLINE: UN SEX ABUSE SCANDAL

Street Date: September 18, 2018

Genre: Documentary

Run Time: Approximately 60 minutes on 1 disc

SRP: DVD, $24.99

Format: DVD and Digital HD