Peacekeeping without Accountability - Yale Law School

Recommendations Divided by Relevant Actor1. The United Nations and its Organs,Agencies, Departments, and ProgramsOffice of the Secretary-General• Appoint a claims commissioner per therequirements of paragraph 55 of the SOFA.• Ensure, per the requirements of Paragraph51 of the SOFA, that a claims commission isestablished and that its judgments are enforced.• Apologize publicly to the Haitian people for thecholera epidemic.• Coordinate funding for the MSPP Plan.Security Council• Ensure that peacekeepers are accountable fortheir actions in future missions.Department of Peacekeeping Operations• Ensure that SOFAs are followed in all missions topromote peacekeeper accountability.• Promulgate procedures consistent with SphereStandards to guide peacekeeping operations andconduct.MINUSTAH• Apologize publicly to the Haitian people for thecholera epidemic.• Ask the Secretary-General to establish a claimscommission.• Abide by compensation decisions as ordered by aclaims commission or any other legal forum• Vacate the Méyè peacekeeper base and allow thecommunity to turn the land into a treatmentcenter or memorial.2. The World Health Organization andthe Pan-American Health Organization• Continue and increase funding of the MSPP plan.• Provide technical expertise and ensureimplementation of the MSPP plan.3. National GovernmentsHaiti• Fund and supply cholera treatment centers forprimary care of cholera victims.• Continue to monitor outbreaks and gatherreliable data on the incidence of cholera.• Appoint a claims commissioner under Paragraph55 of the SOFA.• Demand that the U.N. appoint a claimscommissioner under paragraph 55 of the SOFA.• Effectively implement the MSPP Plan.United States• Fund immediate cholera treatment andprevention via grants to NGOs, the MSPP, andDINEPA.• Fund the MSPP plan, both directly and viaassistance to the U.N with fundraising fromother countries.• Request that the U.N. appoint a claimscommissioner.• Ensure that the CDC continues to support theMSPP Plan.France, Canada, and other NationalGovernments• Fund immediate cholera treatment andprevention, via grants to NGOs, the MSPP, andDINEPA.• Fund the MSPP plan, both directly and viaassistance to the U.N. with fundraising fromother countries.4. Non-Governmental Organizations• Provide supplies and technical expertise forimmediate cholera relief.• Help fundraise for and channel donations towardthe MSPP plan.• Continue to support the Government of Haiti inits public health efforts.5 recommendations