Weinmeyer Richard
Senior research associate for the American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs in Chicago.
AMA J Ethics. 2016 Jul 1;18(7):718-26. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.7.hlaw1-1607.
In 2010, the nation of Haiti was leveled by a shattering earthquake that killed thousands and devastated its already fragile infrastructure. During relief efforts to aid Haiti's suffering population, the United Nations sent troops to Haiti to assist the rebuilding of country's most basic services. But those troops unknowingly carried with them the bacteria that cause cholera, and through the UN's negligent actions, it triggered a horrifying cholera epidemic that continues to harm the Haitian people. Those injured by the cholera epidemic have sought relief in the US federal court system to obtain justice for those killed or sickened by the cholera outbreak. The UN has declared legal immunity for causing the epidemic, yet the litigation on this matter is ongoing.
2010年，海地被一场毁灭性的地震夷为平地，数千人丧生，其原本就脆弱的基础设施遭到严重破坏。在援助海地受灾民众的救援行动中，联合国派遣部队前往海地，协助重建该国最基本的服务设施。但这些部队在不知情的情况下携带了引发霍乱的细菌，由于联合国的疏忽行为，引发了一场可怕的霍乱疫情，持续危害着海地人民。受霍乱疫情影响的受害者在美国联邦法院系统寻求救济，为因霍乱疫情死亡或患病的人讨回公道。联合国宣称对引发疫情享有法律豁免权，但关于此事的诉讼仍在进行。
