
Holding the UN to account for Haiti Cholera
This Public Policy Lecture is delivered by Professor Philip Alston and hosted by the Centre for Law and Society in a
This Public Policy Lecture is delivered by Professor Philip Alston and hosted by the Centre for Law and Society in a
Hurricane Matthew made landfall at Les Anglais, Haiti on the 4 October 2016. The category 4 storm brought 150mph winds,
Help victims hold UN to account. In mid-October 2010, the worst cholera epidemic in the world erupted in Haiti. Numerous
End cholera in Haiti now! Please join us in telling the Obama Administration that there is still time to make
The 9,200 Haitians killed and more than 800,000 seriously sickened by the UN’s grossly negligent introduction of cholera to Haiti
Pressure on the UN Mounts over Haiti Cholera Crisis Cholera Update On 17 August 2016 journalist Jonathan Katz broke the
The Haiti Support Group would like to thank all the advocacy and grassroots organisations that have been working hard to push
Photo: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon – © Cia Pak
UN Confronts Cholera in Haiti with New Initiative but Few Specifics
16 December 2012
The good news is pressure works, yes even in as stiflingly bureaucratic, politically unaccountable, and legally immune an organisation as the UN. The bad news is that anyone who cares about the victims of the cholera that has killed a minimum of 7,750 people and sickened more than 650,000 in Haiti, introduced by foreign troops wearing UN insignia, will need to prepare for a lot more heavy-lifting.
Our work has only just begun.