{"id":286,"date":"2021-12-28T15:19:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/?page_id=286"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:06:13","slug":"report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/report\/","title":{"rendered":"How to report sexual exploitation and abuse by a UNHCR, UN or NGO staff member?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sexual exploitation and abuse&nbsp;against refugees, asylum seekers and stateless people is&nbsp;considered&nbsp;unacceptable&nbsp;behaviour&nbsp;and&nbsp;it is&nbsp;prohibited for all United Nations and NGO partner staff members.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is sexual exploitation?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>It is any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes.&nbsp;It includes trafficking and prostitution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is sexual abuse?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>It is any actual or threatened&nbsp;physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force, or under unequal or coercive conditions. It includes sexual slavery, pornography, child abuse and sexual assault.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with the United Nations standards of conduct, the staff members of UNHCR and NGO partners must not:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have sexual activity with anyone in exchange for money, employment, preferential treatment, goods or services&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have sexual activity with&nbsp;any&nbsp;person&nbsp;under&nbsp;the age of 18 years&nbsp;(regardless of the local age of consent or majority)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engage in any other form of sexually humiliating, degrading or exploitative&nbsp;behaviour.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are aware of, or have concerns or suspicions about a possible case of sexual exploitation and abuse by a UNHCR, UN or NGO staff member, please report this directly to the Inspector General\u2019s Office (IGO) of UNHCR, through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/about-unhcr\/governance-and-oversight\/inspector-generals-office-igo\/reporting-misconduct\/igo-online\">the online form available at this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your report will be treated with discretion and kept strictly confidential.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sexual exploitation and abuse&nbsp;against refugees, asylum seekers and stateless people is&nbsp;considered&nbsp;unacceptable&nbsp;behaviour&nbsp;and&nbsp;it is&nbsp;prohibited for all United Nations and NGO partner staff members.&nbsp;&nbsp; What is sexual exploitation?&nbsp;&nbsp;It is any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes.&nbsp;It includes trafficking and prostitution.&nbsp; What is sexual abuse?&nbsp;&nbsp;It is any actual or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-286","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2555,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/286\/revisions\/2555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}