Stephen Lewis: curtail the U.N.'s legal immunity
This week, a lawsuit filed against the United Nations seeks compensation for Haitian victims of a cholera outbreak that has killed 8,000 people. Various reports point to waste water from a U.N. base in Haiti that housed peacekeepers from Nepal as causing the outbreak. The U.N. hasn't claimed responsibility and maintains it has legal immunity. That's right. You can't sue the...
This week, a lawsuit filed against the United Nations seeks compensation for Haitian victims of a cholera outbreak that has killed 8,000 people. Various reports point to waste water from a U.N. base in Haiti that housed peacekeepers from Nepal as causing the outbreak. The U.N. hasn't claimed responsibility and maintains it has legal immunity. That's right. You can't sue the U.N. Stephen Lewis is the former U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa and a former Canadian Ambassador to the U.N. He spoke to Day 6 about why, as a staunch defender of the international body, it shouldn't have legal immunity.