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

[28 Jul 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

IJDH released a major report Tues­day, the first of its kind to focus exclu­sively on the cri­sis of rape and other vio­lence against Hait­ian women …

What's New

[27 Jul 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

IJDH Board Chair Ira Kurzban, Esq. and Board Mem­ber Paul Farmer, MD will speak Tues­day before the Con­gres­sional Black Cau­cus as part of the event …

 

Action Alerts, Housing Rights Take Action

[25 May 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Sign on to this let­ter, call­ing for acknowl­edg­ment of and adher­ence to the rights guar­an­teed to the internally-displaced.
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Action­Aid Haiti, Bagay Dwol Haiti Relief Fund, …

Action Alerts, Gender Based Violence Take Action, What's New

[21 Apr 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

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Update
Hait­ian Lawyers Over­come Obsta­cles to Fight for Human Rights
Lawyers at the Bureau des Avo­cats Inter­na­tionaux (BAI) have con­tin­ued to fight for the …

 

Gender-Based Violence News, IJDH in the News, News

[28 Jul 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By Gina Ulysse, Ms. Mag­a­zine
Even after the after­shocks of the dev­as­tat­ing Jan. 12 quake sub­sided, women’s bod­ies were still trem­bling in Haiti. The cause, according …

IJDH Press Releases, Rape Accountability and Prevention Project Press

[27 Jul 2010 | Comments: 1 | ]

For Imme­di­ate Release
July 27, 2010
Con­tact:
Blaine Bookey, Esq., Insti­tute for Jus­tice & Democ­racy in Haiti
blaine@ijdh.org, 415–515‑8956
Rape in Haiti:
Human Rights Groups Release Com­pre­hen­sive Report on Violence …