A ONU no Haiti: MINUSTAH, direitos humanos e os limites da responsabilização internacional

Abstract

This dissertation critically analyzes the role of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, with emphasis on human rights violations and the limitations of the United Nations’ institutional accountability mechanisms. The research adopts a critical perspective from International Relations, especially approaches that challenge the assumptions of liberal peace, humanitarian discourse, and the selectivity of international interventions in peripheral countries. The study employs a qualitative methodology, based on document analysis, literature review, and critical interpretation of empirical data drawn from official United Nations sources and independent organizations operating in Haiti. Covering the period from 2004 to 2017, the study identifies a recurring pattern of institutional impunity in response to allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation, as well as other forms of misconduct committed by mission personnel. The results show that, although grounded in a discourse of protection and reconstruction, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti operated under a logic of political and military control, reinforcing practices of domination and silencing. The conclusion is that the institutional opacity of the United Nations and the absence of effective accountability mechanisms reveal not only operational failures but a structure oriented toward self-protection and image preservation—especially in contexts of low international pressure. The research contributes to the critical debate on international security and global justice by demonstrating how peacekeeping missions may reproduce the very inequalities they claim to combat.