This dashboard was last updated on 4 July 2024.
This dashboard is about honoring the Director-General's commitment to transparency and accountability. The Office of Internal Oversight Services (IOS) has a dedicated unit of specially trained investigators who investigate allegations of sexual misconduct with a victim/survivor-led approach. As new complaints are received, the sexual misconduct cases are worked on in real time. Similarly, there is an investigative team for abusive conduct.
Sexual misconduct is serious and the impact on victims and survivors is tremendous. Timeliness, responsiveness, and fairness given to allegations of misconduct are integral to building and maintaining trust in the Organization.
Please use this link to see the disciplinary measures taken so far on substantiated allegations from this initiative.
Sexual exploitation and abuse relates to the behavior of WHO staff and collaborators towards third parties, often referred to as “beneficiary” populations.
Sexual exploitation is any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including threatening or profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.
Sexual abuse is the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. Sexual exploitation and abuse includes sexual relations with a child (18-years-old or younger), in any context.
Sexual harassment refers to prohibited conduct in the work context and can be committed against UN staff and related personnel. In context of the United Nations, sexual harassment primarily describes prohibited behaviour against another UN staff or related personnel, which may also include nationals of the host state. It is defined for UN staff by ST/SGB/2008/5 and similar directives for uniformed personnel and involves any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favour, verbal or physical conduct or gesture of a sexual nature, or any other behaviour of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation to another, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
For the purpose of this dashboard, abusive conduct refers to all misconduct against persons, except sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment (eg. harassment, discrimination, abuse of authority, bullying, etc.).
Source: The United Nations Glossary on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
This dashboard will be updated on or around the 8th of each month. The numbers are indicated based on the initial allegation received, which may be reclassified in the course of an investigation.
2023
2024
The format of the dashboard was amended for the June 2023 dashboard onwards. The May 2023 dashboard is archived here.