The Independent Review Panel on UN Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Foreign Military Forces in the Central African Republic released a report detailing the United Nations' "gross institutional failure" to act on allegations that French and other peacekeepers sexually abused children in the Central African Republic, which the report claims led to even more assaults. The panel found that UN staffers failed or hesitated to pass along children's allegations to senior officials, failed to further investigate the allegations, and failed to properly vet peacekeepers.