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Haiti Advo­cacy Work­ing Group Issue Briefs

Reports

• Recon­struct­ing Democ­racy: Joint Report of Inde­pen­dent Elec­toral Mon­i­tors of Haiti’s Novem­ber 28, 2010 Elec­tion (IJDH and part­ners) — Feb­ru­ary 20, 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
• “Our Bod­ies Are Still Trem­bling”: Hait­ian Women Con­tinue to Fight Against Rape (IJDH) — Jan­u­ary 10, 2011
• One Year After the Earth­quake: Haitians Still Liv­ing in Cri­sis (IJDH) — Jan­u­ary 10, 2011
• Haiti’s Novem­ber 28 Elec­tions: Try­ing to Legit­imize the Ille­git­i­mate (IJDH) — Novem­ber 22, 2010
• Inter-American Com­mis­sion on Human Rights Rec­om­men­da­tions to the Gov­ern­ment of Haiti for Pre­cau­tion­ary Mea­sures (IACHR) — Novem­ber 16, 2010
• Peti­tion for Pre­cau­tion­ary Mea­sures Sub­mit­ted to the IACHR (Redacted) (IJDH and Part­ners) — Novem­ber 2, 2010
• “We’ve Been For­got­ten”: Con­di­tions in Haiti’s Dis­place­ment Camps Eight Months After the Earth­quake (IJDH) — Sep­tem­ber 15, 2010
• Our Bod­ies Are Still Trem­bling: Hait­ian Women’s Fight Against Rape (IJDH) — July 27, 2010
• The Inter­na­tional Com­mu­nity Should Pres­sure the Hait­ian Gov­ern­ment for Prompt and Fair Elec­tions (IJDH) — June 30, 2010
• Neglect in the Encamp­ments: Haiti’s Sec­ond Wave Human­i­tar­ian Dis­as­ter (IJDH) — March 23, 2010
• Hait­ian Women’s Fight for Gen­der Jus­tice (IJDH) — Decem­ber 1, 2003

Arti­cles

• Strug­gle con­tin­ues in post-quake Haiti (Intlawgrrls.com) — Jan­u­ary 12, 2012
• Blanco Go Home! (Inter­con­nect) — Octo­ber 26, 2011
• States of Exception—Haiti’s IDP Camps (Monthly Review) — April 8, 2011
• Ira Kurzban, In Defense of Aris­tide (Miami Her­ald) — Feb­ru­ary 14, 2011
• The Return of Dic­ta­tor Jean Claude Duva­lier & the Tragic Com­edy of Novem­ber 28, 2010 (IJDH-BAI: Eng­lish, French) — Jan­u­ary 25, 2011
• Laura Flynn, In Haiti, Reliv­ing Duva­lier, Wait­ing for Aris­tide (Huff­in­g­ton Post) — Jan­u­ary 24, 2011
• Beat­rice Lind­strom, Law in the Time of Cholera: Vio­la­tions of the Right to Water in Haiti (Huff­in­g­ton Post) — Jan­u­ary 21, 2011
• Steve Forester, End Glar­ing Dou­ble Stan­dard to Help Haiti (Sun Sen­tinel) — Jan­u­ary 17, 2011
• Steve Forester, Pres­sure Needed to Get Equal Treat­ment for Haitians (Boston Hait­ian Reporter) — Jan­u­ary 14, 2011
• Beat­rice Lind­strom, Beyond the Blue Hel­mets: Sta­bil­ity in Haiti Requires New Elec­tions — Jan­u­ary 13, 2011
• Haiti Still Lacks Safe Drink­ing Water and the Inter­na­tional Com­mu­nity Is Partly to Blame — Jan­u­ary 12, 2011
• Mil­lion Plus Remain Home­less and Dis­placed in Haiti: One Year After Quake (CommonDreams.org) — Jan­u­ary 11, 2011
• Hold new, open, fair elec­tions — Jan­u­ary 3, 2011
• US Will Pay for Hait­ian Vote Fraud (Boston Globe) — Decem­ber 15, 2010
• Haiti must have fair, demo­c­ra­tic new elec­tions — and the rav­aged nation can’t wait — Decem­ber 8, 2010
• Haiti’s Sham Elec­tions: Five Rea­sons to Care — Novem­ber 26, 2010
• Cholera in Haiti — Novem­ber 25, 2010
• MINUSTAH: Obsta­cle to Democ­racy in Haiti — Novem­ber 24, 2010
• Haiti’s Flawed Elec­tions: They Told Us So — Novem­ber 10, 2010
• Haiti’s Unnat­ural Dis­as­ters — Novem­ber 9, 2010
• Fac­ing man-made dis­as­ter in Haiti: Failed poli­cies leave peo­ple with few options — Novem­ber 8, 2010
• Mem­bers of Con­gress are right to urge changes to Haiti’s flawed elec­toral process — Octo­ber 11, 2010
• Pres­i­dent Obama should imple­ment the “Most Effec­tive Way” to help Haiti recover — Sep­tem­ber 8, 2010
• Brian Con­can­non, The Help That Haiti Needs — Jan­u­ary 14, 2010
• Brian Con­can­non, An Pren­sip: The Sub­or­di­na­tion of the Judi­ciary in Haiti (HaitiAction.net) — May 12, 2005
• Brian Con­can­non, Jus­tice for Haiti: The Raboteau Trial (ABA) — June 1, 2001
• Brian Con­can­non, Beyond Com­ple­men­tar­ity: The Inter­na­tional Crim­i­nal Court and National Pros­e­cu­tions, A View From Haiti (Colum. Human Rights Law Review) — Sep­tem­ber 1, 2000

Uni­ver­sal Peri­odic Review

• Eval­u­a­tion Péri­odique Uni­verselle d’Haiti : Obser­va­tion du Bureau des Avo­cats Inter­na­tionaux Genève, Suisse le — March 16, 2012
• HAITI Uni­ver­sal Peri­odic Review: State­ment by Nicole Phillips to the UN Human Rights Coun­cil — March 16, 2012
• Inter­ven­tion du Canada (Française) — Octo­ber 25, 2011
• Gwoup Debaz yo ap Prezante Pèspek­tiv yo sou Dwa Moun an Ayiti nan pre­mye Egza­men Pery­o­dik Inivèsèl la (IJDH-BAI: Cre­ole) Trans­la­tion: Con­fer­ence on Civil Soci­ety Par­tic­i­pa­tion in Haiti’s UPR Out­come Doc­u­ment — August 16, 2011
• Peace­keep­ing and Impunity in Haiti (Counter Intel­li­gence) — August 5, 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
• Rap­port national présenté con­for­mé­ment au para­graphe 15 a) de l’annexe à la réso­lu­tion 5/1 du Con­seil des droits de l’homme: (Français) (Gou­verne­ment d’Haïti) — July 19, 2011
• Hait­ian Government’s Human Right’s Report for the Uni­ver­sal Peri­odic Review: Eng­lish (Hait­ian Gov­ern­ment) — July 19, 2011
• Lis­ten to Beat­rice Lind­strom, BAI Legal Fel­low, report from UN meet­ings in NYC — July 7, 2011
• Bureau des Avo­cats Inter­na­tionaux Human Rights Lawyer, Mario Joseph, Dis­cusses Issues of Sov­er­eignty and Democ­racy in Cage Free Pro­duc­tions Video on Uni­ver­sal Peri­odic Review (UC Haiti Ini­tia­tive) — April 26, 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 Children’s Rights: Eng­lish, Kreyol (Fon­dasyon Kolezepòl pou Sove Tim­oun, Moun Vik­tim, Action des Unités Motivés pour une Haïti de Droit) — March 24, 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
• 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

Issue Briefs

• Hait­ian and Inter­na­tional Orga­ni­za­tions Call on US Admin­is­tra­tion to Sup­port Gen­uinely “Free, fair and cred­i­ble” Elec­tions in Haiti (IJDH and part­ners) — Feb­ru­ary 1, 2011
• Immi­gra­tion Oppor­tu­ni­ties for Haitians in the U.S.: Pre­pared for Con­gres­sional Brief­ing — July 13, 2010
• 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
• Vio­lence Against Women in Haiti: Pre­pared for Con­gres­sional Brief­ing (IJDH) — July 13, 2010

Issue Briefs from Haiti Advo­cacy Work­ing Group Members

• Focus­ing on the Chil­dren: Uni­ver­sal Edu­ca­tion — A Renewal of Haiti’s Edu­ca­tion Sys­tem — July 27, 2010
• Health Chal­lenges in Haiti — July 27, 2010
• Deplorable Con­di­tions in IDP Camps Con­tinue — July 27, 2010
• Decen­tral­iza­tion: Haiti’s Answer for Six Months and Sixty Years — July 27, 2010
• Gender-Based Vio­lence in Haiti (IJDH) — July 27, 2010
• Immi­gra­tion: Cre­ate a Hait­ian Fam­ily Reuni­fi­ca­tion Parole Pro­gram to Increase Remit­tances to Haiti; Per­mit Appli­ca­tions to Waive the Human­i­tar­ian Parole Fee (IJDH) — July 27, 2010
• The Three Prinici­ple Chal­lenges Fac­ing the Jus­tice Sec­tor in Haiti Fol­low­ing the Earth­quake (IJDH) — July 27, 2010
• Land Recla­ma­tion in Haiti — July 27, 2010
• Sus­tain­able Rural and Agri­cul­tural Devel­op­ment in Haiti — July 27, 2010
• Gen­der Impacts of Inter­na­tional Finan­cial Insti­tu­tion Grants and Loans — July 27, 2010
• The Inter­na­tional Com­mu­nity Should Sup­port Prompt and Fair Elec­tions in Haiti — July 27, 2010
• Haiti’s Dias­pora Con­tribut­ing Capacity-Building and Knowl­edge Trans­fer to Home­land — July 27, 2010
• Focus on Post-Earthquake Shel­ter Issues — July 27, 2010
• Donor Prin­ci­ples, the Haiti Recon­struc­tion Fund, and Interim Haiti Recov­ery Com­mis­sion — July 27, 2010