The UN responsibility for the cholera outbreak in Haiti 2016, para. 62
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Second, General Assembly resolution 52/247 on third-party liability is of major relevance. It sets a temporal limitation for the submission of claims, but this may be extended by the Secretary-General in exceptional circumstances. Compensation payable for injury, illness or death is to be determined by reference to local compensation standards, but cannot exceed $50,000. Compensation is payable neither for non-economic loss nor for punitive or moral damages.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights