مسؤولية الأمم المتحدة عن انتشار وباء الكوليرا في هايتي

Abstract EN

This paper examines the responsibility of international organizations for the damage they cause to others, specifically the spread of epidemics, as happened in Haiti, following the dispatch of the United Nations special mission forces to help Haiti from the effects of the devastating earthquake.

A case law has been filed in a New York court in the United States against the United Nations, on behalf of the families of more than 8, 000 people killed and hundreds of thousands infected with cholera since the outbreak in late 2010.

Claiming that UN peace forces from Nepal accidentally introduced the disease to Haiti in December 2010.

In addition to financial compensation, the victims' agents called for building a sanitation system in Haiti to control the epidemic, prevent a recurrence in the future and make a formal apology to the victims for the illegal acts of the UN peace forces.

However, the United Nations has maintained its judicial immunity in accordance with international law, which the U.

S.

judiciary has confirmed to justify its refusal to hear the case.

The study concluded that the United Nations has the right to uphold judicial immunity but to define the alternative legal mechanism to guarantee the rights of compensation of those affected by the harm caused by the UN.