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dc.contributor.author | Carolei, Domenico | en_UK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-31T12:05:03Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-31T12:05:03Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12 | en_UK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/34629 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In 2018, the Dutch Government proposed to establish an independent international ombudsman, known as the International Ombuds for Humanitarian and Development Aid (IOHDA), to hold non-governmental organizations (NGOs) accountable for their safeguarding and accountability failures, notably the Oxfam GB sexual abuse scandal in Haiti (March 2018) and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (April 2021). While establishing an international ombudsman would fill a regulatory and accountability gap in global governance, there are many legal and logistic challenges, some of which have been identified by the IOHDA proposal itself, that undermine the creation of this brand new body. Besides the legal and logistic challenges outlined in the proposal, this article argues that the IOHDA is unlikely to succeed because of three additional challenges. First, the IOHDA’s scope is too broad and misinterprets the ombudsman’s jurisdiction and traditional role. Second, the IOHDA neglects that existing ombudsman schemes present limitations in enacting accountability and does not learn any lessons from them. Third, the IOHDA lacks support from NGOs, a driving force, and the principal standard-setters for an international accountability mechanism, like the proposed ombudsman. This article provides a series of recommendations to mitigate these three challenges whilst identifying alternative routes to enact NGO accountability. | en_UK |
dc.language.iso | en | en_UK |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | en_UK |
dc.relation | Carolei D (2022) An International Ombudsman to make non-governmental organizations more accountable? Too good to be true …. <i>Leiden Journal of International Law</i>, 35 (4), pp. 867-886. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0922156522000474 | en_UK |
dc.rights | This article has been published in a revised form in Leiden Journal of International Law https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156522000474. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law in association with the Grotius Centre for International Law, Leiden University. | en_UK |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_UK |
dc.subject | Law | en_UK |
dc.subject | Political Science and International Relations | en_UK |
dc.title | An International Ombudsman to make non-governmental organizations more accountable? Too good to be true … | en_UK |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_UK |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/s0922156522000474 | en_UK |
dc.citation.jtitle | Leiden Journal of International Law | en_UK |
dc.citation.issn | 1478-9698 | en_UK |
dc.citation.issn | 0922-1565 | en_UK |
dc.citation.volume | 35 | en_UK |
dc.citation.issue | 4 | en_UK |
dc.citation.spage | 867 | en_UK |
dc.citation.epage | 886 | en_UK |
dc.citation.publicationstatus | Published | en_UK |
dc.citation.peerreviewed | Refereed | en_UK |
dc.type.status | AM - Accepted Manuscript | en_UK |
dc.author.email | domenico.carolei@stir.ac.uk | en_UK |
dc.citation.date | 05/09/2022 | en_UK |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Law | en_UK |
dc.identifier.wtid | 1850434 | en_UK |
dc.date.accepted | 2022-06-13 | en_UK |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-06-13 | en_UK |
dc.date.filedepositdate | 2022-10-27 | en_UK |
rioxxterms.apc | not required | en_UK |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_UK |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_UK |
local.rioxx.author | Carolei, Domenico| | en_UK |
local.rioxx.project | Internal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331 | en_UK |
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate | 2022-10-27 | en_UK |
local.rioxx.licence | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/|2022-10-27| | en_UK |
local.rioxx.filename | Omb_NGOs_DC.pdf | en_UK |
local.rioxx.filecount | 1 | en_UK |
local.rioxx.source | 1478-9698 | en_UK |
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