This archive report was first published on 18 December 2019.
UNAIDS policy advisor Martina Brostrom was fired in December 2018, just days after going public with her allegations of sexual assault against Luiz Loures, the assistant secretary general.
According to CNN, Brostrom's dismissal was linked to her complaint against Loures, who had previously denied the allegations and was cleared of wrongdoing in an internal UN investigation.
However, an inquiry was reopened after Brostrom went public with her allegations, and UNAIDS confirmed that two staff members, including Brostrom, were dismissed after an independent investigation found that they had misused UN corporate funds and resources and engaged in misconduct, including sexual misconduct.
Brostrom denied the charges linked to her dismissal and shared a 2017 performance review with CNN in which her supervisor gave her the highest possible marks for 'exceptional achievement.'
She had previously told CNN that Loures forcibly groped and kissed her in 2015, and that she had been assaulted the previous year but did not file an official complaint until November 2016 for fear of inaction or retaliation.
