From Srebrenica to Haiti introduction to case studies The key criterion to determine the application of Section 29 of the General Convention is whether disputes have a ‘private law character’. That criterion, as interpreted and applied by the UN, was key in connection with its alleged third-party liability in cases arising out of three distinct events: the Srebrenica genocide, the Kosovo lead poisoning and the Haiti cholera epidemic. The case studies concerning these events and the resulting legal cases, having been briefly set out in chapter 1, will now be introduced more extensively to complete the overview of the UN’s practice under Section 29(a) of the General Convention.
