{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fee57d150-e8b6-4449-8bd0-24ed42a51be3","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 13 \u2013 \u201cIt Stays With You: Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti\u201d","description":"LLB student Julia Hunter talks with Cahal McLaughlin Chair of Film Studies at Queen's University, and Siobh\u00e1n Wills, Professor of International Law at Ulster University, about their documentary \u2018It Stays With You\u2019, which investigates the impact of several raids by UN peacekeepers on Cite Soleil, a severely economically-depressed neighborhood of Port au Prince in Haiti, which left scores of civilians dead. No investigation has ever been carried out and none of those affected has ever been contacted by the UN, local police or journalists. The film examines the responsibilities of the United Nations (UN) with regard to non-targeted (but often foreseeable) deaths and injuries to civilians as a result of use of force by UN peacekeepers when carrying out mandated operations. In armed conflict contexts this is often referred to as \u2018collateral damage.\u2019 Key issues that we explore in the podcast and in relation to the documentary include: - the need for investigations in the immediate aftermath of operations to assess the number of fatalities and the scale and degree of injuries; - the need to meet with survivors and families of victims; - ensureaccess to medical care; and - providereparations. Whilst there are procedures in place to enable people to make complaints to the UN, these depend on the victim to initiate and many missions make very little or no effort to publicize them or render them accessible to local residents (e.g. by providing information in local languages). This podcast also explore the themes as using documentary as a vehicle for activism and building awareness on global issues. To learn more, please follow the link below: Participants Professor Cahal McLaughlin - https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/cahal-mclaughlin(150a91bf-5b7e-44f7-abff-54e06632fea7).html%20 (pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/cahal-mclaughlin(150a91bf-5b7e-44f7-abff-54e06632fea7).html ) Professor Siobh\u00e1n Wills - https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/s-wills (https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/s-wills) http://www.itstayswithyou.com/ (www.itstayswithyou.com)","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3b13b8d8-c963-4fab-9f48-87593d44574b/2018-04-19-haiti.jpg"}