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dc.contributor.authorCarolei, Domenicoen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-31T12:05:03Z-
dc.date.available2022-10-31T12:05:03Z-
dc.date.issued2022-12en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/34629-
dc.description.abstractIn 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.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)en_UK
dc.relationCarolei 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/s0922156522000474en_UK
dc.rightsThis 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.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectLawen_UK
dc.subjectPolitical Science and International Relationsen_UK
dc.titleAn International Ombudsman to make non-governmental organizations more accountable? Too good to be true …en_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/s0922156522000474en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleLeiden Journal of International Lawen_UK
dc.citation.issn1478-9698en_UK
dc.citation.issn0922-1565en_UK
dc.citation.volume35en_UK
dc.citation.issue4en_UK
dc.citation.spage867en_UK
dc.citation.epage886en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emaildomenico.carolei@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date05/09/2022en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLawen_UK
dc.identifier.wtid1850434en_UK
dc.date.accepted2022-06-13en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-06-13en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2022-10-27en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorCarolei, Domenico|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2022-10-27en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/|2022-10-27|en_UK
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local.rioxx.source1478-9698en_UK
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