By Edi­to­r­ial Board, The Wash­ing­ton Post
HAITI’S JUSTICE SYSTEM, long an instru­ment of offi­cial impunity for the rich, pow­er­ful and well-connected, is busy white­wash­ing the human rights …

Pub­lished By. UN News Centre

The United Nations today voiced its con­cern at reports that for­mer Hait­ian Pres­i­dent Jean-Claude Duva­lier may not face charges relat­ing to …

Pub­lished By Amnesty Inter­na­tional
Haiti’s judi­cial author­i­ties have dealt yet another blow to the vic­tims of for­mer leader Jean-Claude Duva­lier, Amnesty Inter­na­tional said today after the …

Pub­lished By Human Rights Watch
(Wash­ing­ton, DC) – A Hait­ian judge’s deci­sion to dis­miss the case against for­mer president-for-life Jean-Claude Duva­lier for grave human rights violations …

By Tren­ton Daniel, Asso­ci­ated Press 

Human rights groups harshly crit­i­cized a Hait­ian judge Mon­day after he rec­om­mended for­mer dic­ta­tor Jean-Claude Duva­lier face trial only on corruption …

By. Tren­ton Daviel, Asso­ci­ated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hait­ian Pres­i­dent Michel Martelly on Fri­day backed off a sug­ges­tion from an inter­view a day ear­lier that he …

IJDH and BAI lever­age our front-line human rights work by inform­ing broader pol­icy dis­cus­sions that impact human rights in Haiti. Our writ­ing brings the lessons we learn …

Pub­lished by. Zoelando.com
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Two lead­ers of human rights orga­ni­za­tions have denounced pres­sure that is being put on jus­tice offi­cials han­dling the case …

Filmed and Edited by. Nick Strat­ton, Bureau des Avo­cats Inter­na­tionaux (BAI) Intern
Decem­ber 9, 2011

On Fri­day, Decem­ber 9, 2011, vic­tims of the cholera that United Nations (UN) …

By. Jacque­line Charles, Miami Herald 

PORT-AU-PRINCE — They prayed in the streets Thurs­day, in church pews and in the ruins of a once-majestic cathe­dral.
For Haiti’s 10 …