The UN responsibility for the cholera outbreak in Haiti 2016, para. 60
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But again, this is short-sighted and self-defeating. The figure of $40 billion should stand as a warning of the consequences that could follow if national courts become convinced that the abdication policy is not just unconscionable but also legally unjustified. The best way to avoid that happening is for the United Nations to offer an appropriate remedy. The present report is not the place to offer a detailed estimate of what that should look like or what it might cost. But there are certain guidelines and precedents that can helpfully be kept in mind in this context.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights