Whistleblower quits UN human rights office

GENEVA, — UN Watch called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon to investigate the UN human rights office (OHCHR) in wake of today’s announcement by its top whistleblower Anders Kompass—the director of field operations at OHCHR, who was famously punished for exposing the rape of children by peacekeepers—is to resign in protest over “what he sees as the organization’s failure to hold its senior officials to account,” as reported by IRIN. “The complete impunity for those who have been found to have, in various degrees, abused their authority, together with the unwillingness of the hierarchy to express any regrets for the way they acted towards me sadly confirms that lack of accountability is entrenched in the United Nations,” Kompass told IRIN. “This makes it impossible for me to continue working there.”