Human Rights Reports
Human Rights Reports by Subject:
Administration of Justice
Children
Earthquake
Prisons/Police Abuse
Refugees
Women
LGBT
General
Administration of Justice: Reports on the justice system, rule of law, and elections
- Measuring the Way Forward in Haiti: Grounding Disaster Relief in the Legal Framework of Human Rights (Health and Human Rights: An International Journal — July 22, 2011
- 2010 Human Rights Report: Haiti (State Department and Haiti) — April 8, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review: Criminal Justice Report (Alternative Chance, Center for Constitutional Rights, Conference des universitaires pour la defense des droits et de la liberte, LAMP for Haiti Foundation) — March 24, 2011
- Analysis of the OAS Mission’s Draft Report on Haiti’s Election (CEPR) — January 26, 2011
- Haiti’s Fatally Flawed Election (CEPR) — January 26, 2011
- The Return of Dictator Jean Claude Duvalier & the Tragic Comedy of November 28, 2010 (IJDH-BAI: English, French) — January 25, 2011
- Challenges Facing Haiti’s Justice Sector: Prepared for Congressional Briefing (IJDH) — July 13, 2010
- Prompt and Fair Elections in Haiti: Prepared for Congressional Briefing (IJDH) — July 13, 2010
- The International Community Should Pressure the Haitian Government for Prompt and Fair Elections (IJDH) — June 30, 2010
- The Importance of Teaching Law and the Importance of the Judiciary in Haiti (Hastings Law Review) — April 20, 2009
- Human Rights Defenders (French) (UN) — March 5, 2008
- Access to Justice as a Guarantee of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (OAS) — September 7, 2007
- Inter-American Commission on Haiti’s Detention Centers (OAS) — June 21, 2007
- Audit of USAID/Haiti’s Justice Program (USAID) — April 24, 2007
- The Independence of the Judiciary in Haiti under the Interim Government (Center for International Legal Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Law) — April 18, 2006
- Disappearances and Summary Executions (UN) — March 27, 2006
- The Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (French) (UN) — March 27, 2006
- Independence of Judges and Lawyers (French) (UN) — March 27, 2006
- Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (French) (UN) — March 21, 2006
- Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas (OAS) — March 7, 2006
- Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UN) — December 27, 2005
- Haiti: Failed Justice or the Rule of Law? Challenges Ahead for Haiti and the International Community (OAS) — October 26, 2005
Children: Reports on children’s rights
- Amnesty International Press Release : Convictions Against UN Peacekeepers in Haiti Do Not Serve Justice — March 15, 2012
- Sexual Violence in Haiti’s IDP Camps: Results of a Household Survey (CHRGJ) — March 24, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review Restavèk Report: The Persistence of Child Labor and Slavery: English, Kreyol (Restavèk Freedom) — March 24, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review Children’s Rights: English, Kreyol (Fondasyon Kolezepòl pou Sove Timoun, Moun Viktim, Action des Unités Motivés pour une Haïti de Droit) — March 24, 2011
- Children of Haiti: Milestones and Looking Forward at Six Months (UNICEF) — July 2, 2010
- After January’s quake, humanitarian action in Haiti averts worse crisis for children, but much remains to be done (UNICEF) — April 13, 2010
- Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Including its Causes and Consequences: Mission to Haiti (UN) — September 4, 2009
- Report on Corporal Punishment and Human Rights of Children and Adolescents (OAS) — August 5, 2009
- The Rights of the Child in the Inter-American Human Rights System (OAS) — October 29, 2008
- Children and Armed Conflict (UN) — May 26, 2008
- Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding Observations: Haiti (UN) — March 18, 2003
Earthquake: Reports on country conditions following the earthquake
- Measuring the Way Forward in Haiti: Grounding Disaster Relief in the Legal Framework of Human Rights (Health and Human Rights: An International Journal — July 22, 2011
- Sexual Violence in Haiti’s IDP Camps: Results of a Household Survey (CHRGJ) — March 24, 2011
- “Met Ko Veye Ko”: Foreign Responsibility in the Failure to Protect Against Cholera and Other Man-made Disasters (CUNY, Faculte’d Ethnologie) — January 22, 2011
- One Year After the Earthquake: Haitians Still Living in Crisis (IJDH) — January 10, 2011
- Human Rights Assessment in Parc Jean Marie Vincent — December 1, 2010
- The Right to Vote: A Report Detailing the Haitian Elections for November 28, 2010 and March 2011 (Lamp for Haiti Foundation) — November 23, 2010
- Haiti’s November 28 Elections: Trying to Legitimize the Illegitimate (IJDH) — November 22, 2010
- Selling Subordination as Stabilization (International Action Ties) — November 8, 2010
- Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Haiti (UN) — October 16, 2010
- Haiti: Still Trapped in the Emergency Phase (Refugees International) — October 6, 2010
- Unstable Foundations: Impact of NGOs on Human Rights for Port-au-Prince’s Internally Displaced People (Mark Schuller) — October 4, 2010
- “We’ve Been Forgotten”: Conditions in Haiti’s Displacement Camps Eight Months After the Earthquake (IJDH) — September 15, 2010
- “We Became Garbage to Them” Inaction and Complicity in IDP Expulsions — A Call to Action to the U.S. Government (International Action Ties) — August 21, 2010
- Our Bodies Are Still Trembling: Haitian Women’s Fight Against Rape (IJDH) — July 27, 2010
- Rebuilding Haiti: Making Aid Work Better for the Haitian People — July 26, 2010
- Challenges Facing Haiti’s Justice Sector: Prepared for Congressional Briefing (IJDH) — July 13, 2010
- Haiti Cherie/My Dear Haiti (TransAfrica Forum) — July 12, 2010
- Children of Haiti: Milestones and Looking Forward at Six Months (UNICEF) — July 2, 2010
- Haiti at a Crossroads (U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations) — June 22, 2010
- Women in Haiti after the January 12, 2010 Earthquake (Huairou Commission) — June 19, 2010
- Human Rights Council discusses human rights situation in Haiti (UN) — June 16, 2010
- RNDDH sounds the alarm on the situation of minors in conflict with the Law. — June 11, 2010
- The Forgotten Earthquake Victims: Neglect Outside of Metropolitan Port-au-Prince (IJDH) — June 1, 2010
- The general situation of the country four months after the earthquake of January 12, 2010 (RNDDH) — May 12, 2010
- From Disaster Aid to Solidarity: Best Practices in Meeting the Needs of Haiti’s Earthquake Survivors — April 27, 2010
- Gender Shadow Report: Ensuring Haitian Women’s Participation and Leadership in All Stages of National Relief and Reconstruction — April 5, 2010
- Haiti After the Earthquake: Initial Mission Findings (Amnesty International) — March 25, 2010
- Neglect in the Encampments: Haiti’s Second Wave Humanitarian Disaster (IJDH) — March 23, 2010
- Voices from the Shanties: A Post-Earthquake Rapid Assessment of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince (INURED) — March 1, 2010
Prisons and Police Abuse: Reports on prison conditions and police and military abuse
- Une nouvelle fatalité à la prison civile de Hinche: French (BAI) — March 31, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review: Criminal Justice Report (Alternative Chance, Center for Constitutional Rights, Conference des universitaires pour la defense des droits et de la liberte, LAMP for Haiti Foundation) — March 24, 2011
- UN Human Rights Council Independent Expert Report on Haiti (United Nations: French) — March 26, 2009
- The Current Situation of the Victims of Former Soldiers and Armed Civilians from 2002–2005 (AUMOHD) — October 1, 2007
- Haiti: Prison Reform and the Rule of Law (International Crisis Group) — May 4, 2007
- Human rights abuse and other criminal violations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a random survey of households (The Lancet) — August 31, 2006
- Keeping the Peace in Haiti? An Assessment of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti Using Compliance with its Prescribed Mandate as a Barometer for Success (Harvard Law Student Advocates for Human Rights) — March 1, 2005
- Amnesty International Alert on Prison Killings (Amnesty International) — December 20, 2004
- Haiti: Amnesty International calls on the transitional government to set up an independent commission of enquiry into summary executions attributed to members of the Haitian National Police (Amnesty International) — November 11, 2004
- Haiti: International Legal Network: Human Rights Defenders at Risk: Renan Hedouville and other Members of CARLI, and Lawyer Mario Joseph (Amnesty International) — October 20, 2004
- Haiti: Illegal and arbitrary arrests continue — Human rights hampered amid political violence (Amnesty International) — October 19, 2004
- Human Rights Conditions in Haiti’s Prisons (Haiti Accompaniment Project) — August 16, 2004
Refugees: Reports on refugee and immigrant rights
- Victims of Forced Evictions at Camp Django Interviewed — August 17, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review Right to Housing Report (Camp Benediction, Camp CAPVVA, Camp Cavil, Camp CCTT, Camp COSSBAMI, Camp CR-5, Camp Faitree Michiko, Camp Imaculee Deplacee, Camp Michiko, Camp Refugee, Camp SOHOMO, Camp Toussaint Louverture, Groupe d’ Action pour la Defense des Droits Humains en Haiti, International Action Ties, MOSFV, You.Me.We) — March 24, 2011
- Evictions In IDP Camps Report (CCCM and IOM) — March 1, 2011
- What Do Threats of Forced Eviction Look Like Before An Eviction: Victims Stories from Haiti’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps — January 11, 2011
- What Do Threats of Forced Eviction Look Like After An Eviction: Victims Stories from Haiti’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps — January 11, 2011
- Immigration Opportunities for Haitians in the U.S.: Prepared for Congressional Briefing — July 13, 2010
- 2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook (UN) — January 1, 2005
- Update on the Haiti Situation (UN) — March 1, 2004
Women: Reports on women’s rights and gender-based violence
- CHRGJ and GJC study suggests alarming levels of sexual violence in Haiti linked to lack of basic resources ( NYU Law, law.nyu.edu) — January 23, 2012
- Statement Submitted to the UN Commission on the Status of Women for the 56th Session Concerning the Empowerment of Rural Women and Their Role in Poverty and Hunger Eradication, Development and Current Challenges in Haiti (BAI, MADRE, KOFAVIV, CGRS, SOFA Bureau of Abricots, ESCDROJ, IGLHRC) — November 29, 2011
- Intervention of Katherine Romero: English, Spanish (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) — March 25, 2011
- Intervention of Lisa Davis (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) — March 25, 2011
- Testimony of Eramithe Delva: English, Kreyol (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) — March 25, 2011
- Testimony of Malya Villard Appolon: English, Kreyol (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) — March 25, 2011
- Introduction During Hearing on Precautionary Measure 340–10: Women and Girls in Camps for Forcibly Displaced Persons in Haiti (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) — March 25, 2011
- Sexual Violence in Haiti’s IDP Camps: Results of a Household Survey (CHRGJ) — March 24, 2011
- Gender-Based Violence Against Haitian Women & Girls in Internal Displacement Camps (MADRE/KOFAVIV, FAVILEK, KONAMAVID, Women’s Link Worldwide, International Women’s Human Rights Clinic at CUNY School of Law) — March 24, 2011
- “Our Bodies Are Still Trembling”: Haitian Women Continue to Fight Against Rape (IJDH) — January 10, 2011
- Haiti: Aftershocks: Women Speak Out Against Sexual Violence In Haiti’s Camps (Amnesty International: English and French) — January 6, 2011
- Beneficiary perceptions regarding the effectiveness of measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse by humanitarian aid workers (HAP) — December 8, 2010
- Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Haiti (UN) — October 16, 2010
- Report of the Independent Expert on the Question of Human Rights and Extreme Poverty (UN) — August 9, 2010
- Our Bodies Are Still Trembling: Haitian Women’s Fight Against Rape (IJDH) — July 27, 2010
- Violence Against Women in Haiti: Prepared for Congressional Briefing (IJDH) — July 13, 2010
- Women in Haiti after the January 12, 2010 Earthquake (Huairou Commission) — June 19, 2010
- UN Human Rights Council Resolution: Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in prevention (UN) — June 15, 2010
- Gender Shadow Report: Ensuring Haitian Women’s Participation and Leadership in All Stages of National Relief and Reconstruction — April 5, 2010
- The Right of Women in Haiti to be Free from Violence and Discrimination (OAS) — March 10, 2009
- Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Haiti (UN) — February 10, 2009
- Don’t turn your back on girls — Sexual violence in Haiti (Amnesty International) — November 27, 2008
- Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Haiti (UN) — July 9, 2008
- The Double Weakness of Girls: Discrimination and Sexual Violence in Haiti (Stanford Journal of International Law) — January 1, 2008
- The Response to Violence Against Women in Haiti (French) (MCFDF) — March 30, 2007
- Access to Justice for Women Victims of Violence in the Americas (OAS) — January 20, 2007
- The Role of Women in Peacekeeping and Peacemaking: Devising Solutions to the Demand Side of Trafficking — December 1, 2006
- Human rights abuse and other criminal violations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a random survey of households (The Lancet) — August 31, 2006
- Haiti: Rape and Gender-Based Violence (Rights Action) — February 15, 2005
- Gender Profile of the Conflict in Haiti (UNIFEM) — January 1, 2005
- Rewinding History: The Rights of Haitian Women (EPICA) — January 1, 2005
- UNIFEM in Haiti: Supporting Gender Justice, Development and Peace (UNIFEM) — July 1, 2004
- Haitian Women’s Fight for Gender Justice (IJDH) — December 1, 2003
- Violence Against Women in Haiti (UN) — January 27, 2000
Lesbians-Gays-Bisexuals-Transgenders (LGBT): Reports on general conditions in Haiti
- The Impact of the Earthquake, and Relief and Recovery Programs on Haitian LGBT People (IGLHRC and SEROvie) — March 28, 2011
- Sexual Violence in Haiti’s IDP Camps: Results of a Household Survey (CHRGJ) — March 24, 2011
- In Post-Earthquake Haiti, Activists Fight Violence Based on Gender and Sexuality — November 14, 2010
- Health Care for Prisoners in Haiti — August 2, 2010
- 2008 Human Rights Reports: Haiti — February 25, 2009
- HAITI: Proposed law would be weapon against stigma — October 30, 2007
- 2004 Human Rights Reports: Haiti — February 28, 2005
- Haiti: Homosexuals in Haiti, their situation and treatment; state protection available to them (2002-December 2004) — December 16, 2004
- HIV-Based Persecution in Asylum and Immigration Decisions — September 1, 2004
General: Reports on general conditions in Haiti
- Haiti’s Urban Crime Wave? Results from Monthly Household Surveys from August 2011 to February 2012 — March 12, 2012
- Déconstruction de la Reconstruction de la CIRH Un Incroyable Fiasco (Haitisupportgroup.org, French) — January 5, 2012
- Beyond Relief, Beyond Belief (Haitisupportgroup.org) — January 5, 2012
- MINUSTAH: Keeping the Peace, or Conspiring Against It (Harvard School of Public Health) — October 5, 2011
- Harvard Group Releases Report Reviewing MINUSTAH Human Rights Abuses Calling For Withdrawal From Haiti: English, French, and Spanish (Harvard School of Public Health) — October 4, 2011
- 43% of Donor Pledges Disbursed, But Where? To Whom? (Center for Economic Policy and Research) — September 22, 2011
- Summary Prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Accordance with Paragraph 15 © of the Annex to Human Rights Council Resolution 5/1 Haiti (OHCHR) — July 25, 2011
- Measuring the Way Forward in Haiti: Grounding Disaster Relief in the Legal Framework of Human Rights (Health and Human Rights: An International Journal — July 22, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review, Republic of Haiti: Submissions to the UN Human Rights Council Compiled Reports (IJDH-BAI) — April 11, 2011
- The Impact of the Earthquake, and Relief and Recovery Programs on Haitian LGBT People (IGLHRC and SEROvie) — March 28, 2011
- On the Violation of Voting Rights in Haiti: Elections that Do Not Reflect the Will of the People (Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, Canada Haiti Action Network, TransAfrica Forum, Louisiana Justice Institute) — March 24, 2011
- Summary Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review of Haiti (IJDH-BAI, Lawyers’ Earthquake Response Network) — March 24, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review Restavèk Report: The Persistence of Child Labor and Slavery: English, Kreyol (Restavèk Freedom) — March 24, 2011
- Soumission au Conseil des Droits Humains des Nations Unies: Sur La Violation Du Droit De Vote En Haïti: Les Elections Qui Ne Reflètent Pas La Volonté Du Peuple (Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, Canada Haiti Action Network, TransAfrica Forum, Louisiana Justice Institute) — March 24, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review: Right to Education Report (Asanble Vwazen Solino) — March 24, 2011
- Soumission au Conseil des Droits Humains des Nations Unies: La Souveraineté Nationale (L’Organisation des Etudiants de l’Université de l’Etat d’Haïti, La Commission Rédaction, La Faculté de Science Humaine, La Faculté d’Agronomie et de Médecine Vétérinaire) — March 24, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review: Labor Rights Report (Anten Ouvriye, University of Pennsylvania Law School Transnational Legal Clinic) — March 24, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review: Right to Food, Water and Sanitation Report (NYU School of Law Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, IJDH, LinkHaiti, Inc., Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights) — March 24, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review: Environmental Justice Report (Association Haitenne de Droit de l’Environnement, Environmental Justice Initiative in Haiti, National Lawyers Guild-Environmental Justice Committee) — March 24, 2011
- Universal Periodic Review: Haiti’s Renewal of MINUSTAH’s Mandate in Violation of the Human Rights of the Haitian People (Bri Kouri Nouvèl Gaye, Mennonite Central Committee Haiti, Let Haiti Live, UnityAyiti) — March 24, 2011
- U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants (Congressional Research Service) — January 21, 2011
- Sak Vid Pa Kanpe: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Human Rights in Haiti — December 14, 2010
- Report of the Independent Expert on the Question of Human Rights and Extreme Poverty (UN) — August 9, 2010
- Summary Report of Haiti Human Rights Delegation (National Lawyers Guild) — April 5, 2010
- High Commissioner’s Strategic Management Plan 2010–2011 (UN) — January 1, 2010
- World Report 2009: Haiti Chapter (Human Rights Watch) — January 1, 2010
- Support for Socioeconomic Development and Sustainable Political Stability in Haiti (OAS) — June 4, 2009
- Technical Assistance and Capacity Building: Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (UN) — March 26, 2009
- Haiti 2009: Stability at Risk (International Crisis Group) — March 3, 2009
- Guidelines for Preparation of Progress Indicators in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OAS) — July 19, 2008
- Technical Assistance and Capacity Building: Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (UN) — June 13, 2008
- Support for the Strengthening of Political Stability and for Socioeconomic Development in Haiti (OAS) — June 3, 2008
- Report of the OAS Delegation to Haiti (OAS) — April 2, 2008
- Observations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Upon Conclusion of its April 2007 Visit To Haiti (OAS) — March 2, 2008
- Report of the Secretary General to the Permanent Council on Haiti and OAS Projects in Haiti (OAS) — January 15, 2008
- Report of the Human Rights Council (UN) — January 1, 2008
- Haiti: Real Progress, Real Fragility (Inter-American Dialogue) — November 1, 2007
- Street Violence in the Metropolitan Region (Peace and Justice Commission of the Diocese of Port-au-Prince) — July 12, 2007
- Human Rights Abuses in Haiti (UN) — June 7, 2007
- Human Rights Abuses in Haiti (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom) — May 31, 2007
- Draft Resolution: Support for the Strengthening of Democratic Institutions and Socioeconomic Development in Haiti (OAS) — May 24, 2007
- Draft Resolution: Support for Institutional Strengthening and Socioeconomic Development in Haiti (OAS) — May 2, 2007
- Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (UN) — February 2, 2007
- Second Quarterly Report of the Secretary General on the Situation in Haiti (OAS) — May 24, 2006
- Draft Resolution on Strengthening Democracy and Socioeconomic Development in Haiti (OAS) — May 24, 2006
- Report 2006: The State of the World’s Human Rights, Haiti Section (Amnesty International) — May 22, 2006
- Haiti Human Rights Investigation (Center for the Study of Human Rights, University of Miami School of Law) — March 16, 2006
- International Tribunal on Haiti Second Amended Indictment (Latin America Solidarity Coalition) — March 1, 2006
- Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights: Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (UN) — January 24, 2006
- First Quarterly Report of the Secretary General on the Situation in Haiti (OAS) — October 20, 2005
- Preliminary Report of the Commission of Inquiry (International Tribunal on Haiti) — October 11, 2005
- Haiti: Disarmament Delayed, Justice Denied (Amnesty International) — July 27, 2005
- Haiti Human Rights Report Presented to the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (Bill Quigley, Loyola University New Orleans) — June 1, 2005
- Spoiling Security in Haiti (International Crisis Group) — May 31, 2005
- Draft Resolution: Strengthening Democracy in Haiti (OAS) — May 24, 2005
- Fourth Quarterly Report of the Secretary General on the Situation in Haiti and the Work of the OAS Special Mission for Strengthening Democracy in Haiti (OAS) — May 18, 2005
- Third Quarterly Report of the Secretary General on the Situation in Haiti and on the Work of the OAS Special Mission for Strengthening Democracy — March 29, 2005
- The Position of AUMOHD on the Sociopolitical Situation, Human Rights, and the Next Electoral Contest in Haiti (AUMOHD) — March 28, 2005
- Keeping the Peace in Haiti? An Assessment of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti Using Compliance with its Prescribed Mandate as a Barometer for Success (Harvard Law Student Advocates for Human Rights, Centro de Justica Global) — March 1, 2005
- Haiti Human Rights Situation: Cite Soleil — A wretched forgotten land — February 18, 2005
- Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights: Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (UN) — January 24, 2005
- Haiti Human Rights Investigation (Center for the Study of Human Rights, University of Miami School of Law) — November 21, 2004
- Summary Report of Phase II of Delegation to Haiti (National Lawyers Guild) — August 19, 2004
- Report of the Haiti Accompaniment Project (Haiti Accompaniment Project) — July 9, 2004
- Haiti: Breaking the Cycle of Violence: A Last Chance for Haiti? (Amnesty International) — June 20, 2004
- Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights: Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (UN) — January 21, 2004
- Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (OAS) — February 9, 1995
- Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (OAS) — February 11, 1994
- Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (OAS) — May 8, 1990
U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports on Haiti, published annually from 1999–2009.
Human Rights Reports by Subject:
Administration of Justice | Children | Earthquake | Prisons/Police Abuse | Refugees | Women |LGBT| General
