Multilateral institutions, especially UN Women, UNRWA, and other UN entities, have repeatedly failed to protect women from gender-based violence. Their failures are evident in delayed or muted responses to sexual atrocities, the erosion of sex-based protections, the hypocrisy of elevating authoritarian regimes to leadership roles, and recurring internal scandals—including abuses by UN personnel themselves—all of which betray their core mandate to safeguard women.

