We fight for the human rights of Haiti’s poor, in court, on the streets and wherever decisions about Haitians’ rights are made. We represent the unjustly imprisoned and victims of political persecution, coordinate grassroots advocacy in Haiti and the US, train human rights advocates in Haiti and disseminate human rights information worldwide.

What's New

Welcome to the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti’s new website!
[23 Feb 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

We hope this new design will make it eas­ier to con­nect with our work and find infor­ma­tion about human rights in Haiti. We are …

News, What's New

Funeral to Honor Haiti’s Dead at Mass Burial Site, Aristide Foundation and BAI (press release)
[29 Jan 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Press Release:
FUNERAL TO HONOR THE DEAD TO BE HELD AT MASS BURIAL SITE IN HAITI -
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1,
TITANYAN, HAITI
The Aris­tide Foun­da­tion, together with the Bureau …

 

Action Alerts

Half-Hour for Haiti: Urge DHS to Grant More Generous Humanitarian Parole for Haitians Now!
[25 Feb 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Action Alerts

Half-Hour for Haiti: Responding to the Devastation (Part II)
[16 Jan 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Good News: Yes­ter­day the U.S. Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­rity Sec­re­tary Napoli­tano announced the des­ig­na­tion of Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus (TPS) for Haiti. Thanks to everyone …

 

News

Field Diary: Tent schools provide a refuge for quake-affected Haitian children
[15 Mar 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By Diana Val­cár­cel
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_53025.html

The UNICEF tent school at a set­tle­ment for dis­placed peo­ple in the Car­refour dis­trict, south-west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, opened in Feb­ru­ary. UNICEF is …

News

Haitians who fled capital strain impoverished towns in countryside
[15 Mar 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By William Booth, Wash­ing­ton Post For­eign Service

LASCAHOBAS, HAITI — The earth­quake that struck Haiti’s cap­i­tal city has also jarred the impov­er­ished coun­try­side, send­ing 600,000 …

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