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Human Rights Reports
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IJDH/BAI Human Rights and Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Updates, March-October 2020
IACHR Concerned About Restrictions of the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the United States During COVID-19 Pandemic, Organization of American States, July 25, 2020
IACHR Concerned About Restrictions of the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the United States During COVID-19 Pandemic, Organization of American States, July 25, 2020
Le RNDDH établit le lien entre le pouvoir et des gang, Jean Daniel Senate, Le Nouvelliste, June 25, 2020
L’OPC dénonce auprès du Premier ministre les récents cas de violation des droits humains, Ricardo Lambert, Le Nouvelliste, July 16, 2020
Haiti-Droits humains : La Nehro dénonce les violations des droits des personnes handicapées, suite à l’attaque armée dans la nuit du 24 au 25 mai 2020 à Delmas, AlterPresse, June 16, 2020
IACHR refers case on Haiti to the Inter-American Court, Organization of American States, May 27, 2020
The Lasalin Massacre and the Human Rights Crisis in Haiti, Judith Mirkinson, National Lawyers Guild and Seth Donnelly, Haiti Action Committee, July 8, 2019
Rapport du RNDDH sur L’évolution de la situation des droits humains en Haiti dans le contexte du covid-19, RNDDH, May 5, 2020
Freedom House 2020 Report on Freedom in the World- Haiti, 2020
US Department of State Haiti 2019 Human Rights Report, February 2020
Freedom House 2019 Report on Freedom in the World- Haiti, 2019
US Department of State Haiti 2018 Human Rights Report
Haiti: Events of 2018, Human Rights Watch, 2019
Amnesty Report: Haiti 2017/2018 – Amnesty International, 2018
Freedom House 2018 Report on Freedom in the World- Haiti – August 22, 2018
Situation générale des droits humains dans le pays au cours de la première année du gouvernement MOÃ SE / LAFONTANT – Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH), March 9, 2018
Freedom House 2017 Report on Freedom in the World- Haiti – December 31, 2017
Rapport de l’Expert indépendant sur la situation des droits de l’homme en Haïti – March 8, 2017
US Department of State: Haiti 2016 Human Rights Report – February 2017
Amnesty International Report 2016/17 – February 2017
Human Rights Watch, 2016 World Report – Haiti – January 12, 2017
Human Rights Watch, Haiti: Stateless People Trapped in Poverty – November 29, 2016
2017 Humanitarian Needs Overview – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, November 2016
Freedom House 2016 Report on Freedom in the World – Haiti – July 7, 2016
Amnesty International 2015/2016 Annual Human Rights Report – Haiti – Amnesty International
Democracy Discouraged: International Observers and Haiti’s 2015 Elections – National Lawyers Guild, September 2016
Sumission à l’examen périodique universel: Violations Liees aux Droits des Personnes Handicapees en Haïti – AFAS, UFMORH, ASLH, RANIPH, March 24, 2016
United Nations, Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti – February 12, 2016
Report to United Nations on Gender Issues and Sexual Discrimination in Haiti – January 22, 2016
Rapport Alternatif présentant de façon brève la condition des femmes et filles handicapées en Haïti (CEDAW) – AFAS and UFMORH, January 2016
US Department of State: Haiti 2015 International Religious Freedom Report
US Department of State: Haiti 2015 Human Rights Report
Human Rights Watch 2015 World Report – Haiti – January 6, 2016
Haiti Under President Martelly: Current Conditions and Congressional Concerns – Congressional Research Service, December 23, 2015
Freedom House 2015 Report on Freedom in the World – Haiti – August 2015
US Department of State: Haiti 2014 Human Rights Report – June 2015
Questionnaire for States and Civil Society to Assist in the Preparation of the Annual Overview of the Human Rights Situation in the Hemisphere – February 23, 2015
Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, Gustavo Gallón – February 9, 2015
Earlier human rights reports here
Reports on Specific Issues
Political Conditions/Violence
(See also Special Section on Political Conditions/Violence)
Defend Haiti’s democracy and proud legacy of overthrowing slavery, Georgette Mulheir, Thomas Reuters Foundation, January 12, 2021
Protests, Repression Mark Police Chief’s First Week, Jake Johnston and Kira Paulemon, CEPR, November 30, 2020
American Bar Assoication Letter to Prime Minister Jouthe in Response to the Assassination of Monferrier Dorval, Patricia Lee Refo, November 13, 2020
Haitian lawyer, constitutional expert gunned down hours after controversial radio interview, Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, August 29, 2020
Comment ne pas imputer la responsabilité des crimes au pouvoir en place?, Ralph Thomassaint Joseph, AyiboPost, August 29, 2020
Insecurity killed another 50 people in Haiti’s capital, Prensa Latina, August 6, 2020
Is Haiti’s G9 Gang Alliance a Ticking Time Bomb?, Parker Asmann, InSight Crime, July 23, 2020
Elections sous le contrôle de gangs armés: enjeux pour Haïti et dilemme pour la communauté internationale, Laënnec Hurbon, MediaPart, July 19, 2020
U.S. to Haiti on possible release of Emmanuel ‘Toto’ Constant: Victims deserve justice, Jaqueline Charles, July 18, 2020
Haïti-Criminalité : Situation de tensions, ce mardi 7 juillet 2020, dans plusieurs quartiers de Port-au-Prince, AlterPresse, July 7, 2020
Haiti police break up demo protesting worsening crime, France 24, July 6, 2020
Les gangs se federent, les acteurs politiques parlent d’unité, Robenson Geffrard, Le Nouvelliste, July 3, 2020
Une réunion politique vire au carnage à Delmas 75, Roberson Alphonse, Le Nouvelliste, June 29, 2020
Hausse des homicides et des cas de kidnapping, selon le BINUH, Roberson Alphonse, Le Nouvelliste, June 22, 2020
Terreur dans les quartiers populaires / Pont Rouge au coeur d’une strategie electoral macabre: Le Fondasyon Je Klere (FJKL) tire la sonnettee d’alarme, FJKL, June 22, 2020
Haitian slums descend into anarchy as crisis sparks worst violence in years, Andre Paultre, Sarah Marsh, Reuters, December 10, 2019
Killers lurk in the shadows as Haiti chaos takes a sinister turn, Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, December 5, 2019
‘There is no hope’: Crisis pushes Haiti to Brink of Collapse, Kirk Semple, New York Times, October 21, 2019
Haiti’s political and social crisis persists despite the deceptive calm, Milo Milfort, Equal Times, May 31, 2019
US Congresswoman Maxine Waters, actor Danny Glover make impromptu visit to Haiti, Miami Herald, April 24, 2019
Haitians Furious at Their Government Protest in a Week of Unrest, Kirk Semple, The New York Times, November 23, 2018
Amid an uprising, can Haitian president Jovenel Moise deliver on his promises? – The Nation, July 29, 2018
Haiti’s deadly riots fueled by anger over decades of austerity and foreign interference – The Conversation, July 26, 2018
Political Crises in Nicaragua and Haiti – The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, July 24, 2018 (Interview with IJDH Executive Director Brian Concannon starting at 17:32)
Montreal protesters urge Ottawa to halt Haiti deportations after travel advisory – Canada’s National Observer, July 22, 2018 (Article notes Canada’s warning to “avoid all non-essential travel to the Caribbean nation due to political unrest and the risk of violence.”)
If Haiti’s government does not confront poverty, corruption, more unrest will follow – Miami Herald, July 17, 2018
Haiti fuel price jump was ‘guaranteed to lead to backlash,’ U.N. poverty expert says – Miami Herald, July 16, 2018
Haiti’s Prime Minister quits amid protests over fuel plan – Associated Press, New York Times, July 14, 2018
Own Goal: Fuel Price Increase Generates Crisis in Haiti – CEPR, July 11, 2018
General strike, unrest over fuel prices continue in Haiti – Boston Globe, July 10, 2018
Haiti- Security: At the UN, Michel-Ange Gédéon points the finger at MINUJUSTH’s weaknesses – Haiti Libre, June 27, 2018
Haitian photojournalist missing in Port-au-Prince – CPJ, March 28, 2018
Meet the new Haitian military– it’s starting to look a lot like the old one – CEPR, March 16, 2018
Haitian Government on the Defensive Following UN Welcoming of Corruption Investigation – CEPR, March 7, 2018
Haiti ranked worst country for most overcrowded prisons in the world – Jamaica Observer, February 5, 2018
UN confirms it helped plan a deadly police raid in Grand Ravine – CEPR, January 10, 2018
Haiti prisons: Overcrowding a major problem – Al Jazeera, January 5, 2018
URGENT ACTION: Women’s rights defender threatened with death – Amnesty International, 13 December 2017
Haitian journalists reject request to share anti-government protest videos – VOA News, October 27, 2017
Haiti wants to revive its army, raising fears of looming political crackdown – Business Insider, July 13, 2017.
Haiti aims to revive military as end of UN mission looms – Associated Press, April 19, 2017
URGENT ACTION: Human rights defenders’ lives in danger – Amnesty International, April 12, 2017
Haiti’s Violent Politics Are Taken to Court. In Boston. – The New York Times, April 1, 2017
Accused in Haiti, Malden man is latest to face lawsuit here – The Boston Globe, March 31, 2017
Lawyers: Death of Haiti plaintiff in US suit ‘suspicious’ – Associated Press, March 31, 2017
School Bus Driver Certificate Suspended For Malden Man Accused Of Murder In Haiti – WBUR, March 29, 2017
Has a murderer in Haiti been hiding in plain sight in Massachusetts? – The Boston Globe, March 27, 2017
Plaintiff in Boston Lawsuit Against Former Haitian Mayor Dies – Reuters, March 25, 2017
Boston bus driver and former mayor in Haiti sued for human rights abuses in U.S. court – Miami Herald, March 23, 2017
New Report: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse at the Hands of the UN in Haiti – CEPR, March 22, 2017
Land Disputes
Haïti : La Pohdh réclame justice pour des paysannes et paysans expropriés de leurs terres par le régime politique tèt kale au pouvoir, AlterPresse, June 15, 2020
It’s not the first time they tried to take his Haiti land. This time he was left for dead, Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, May 10, 2020
In Haiti’s city-without-a-government, residents want land titles, taxation, Jacob Kushner, Reuters, January 12, 2019
Expert Declaration on Land Disputes, Brian Concannon, February 27, 2017
Elections
(See also Special Section on Fair Elections)
Criminal gangs for hire: Corrupt cops and the fight for votes in Haiti’s next elections, Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, June 25, 2020
Daily protests are paralyzing Haiti. Here’s why, Rachelle Krygier, The Washington Post, October 14, 2019
Haiti’s New Government Has Been Set Up for Failure, World Politics Review, October 1, 2018
Haiti’s Eroding Democracy, Jake Johnston, Jacobin, February 13, 2017
Haiti: violent protests erupt over presidential election result, The Guardian, November 29, 2016
Divided, battered Haiti to hold elections, ready or not, David McFadden, AP, November 18, 2016
Haitian Protesters Demanding Fresh Elections Have Rioted in the Capital, Nash Jenkins, TIME, January 19, 2016
CEPR: Clinton Emails Reveal “Behind the Doors Actions” of Private Sector and US Embassy in Haiti Elections – October 8, 2015
CEP Issues Reprimand to Parties – But Is It Enough? – Haiti Elections: A Resource and News Blog, August 26, 2015
Martelly/Paul Government Shaken by 2 Days of protests and general strike – Liberation News, February 11, 2015
Campagne électorale 2011: deux personnes tuées, 8 policiers incarcérés – June 17, 2013
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Haiti: The Ayiti an Aksyon (AAA) party during the elections in November 2010 and March 2011 – April 2, 2013
Haitian reporters accuse President Martelly’s security of attack – Journalism in the Americas, University of Texas, Feb. 20, 2010
Haiti-Élections : La Mission Impossible des Élections Contre la Continuité des Kidnappings et des Assassinats (Relief Web) – November 29, 2010
La Police Haïtienne Cible une Dizaine de Points du Pays qu’elle Considère Comme des Zones Rouges en Période Electorale (Haiti En Marche) – September 30, 2010
Elections: Henri Céant Menacé de Mort? (Haiti Press Network) – August 24, 2010
Les Faits autour de l’Exclusion de l’organisation Fanmi Lavalas des Senatoriales du 19 Avril et du 21 Juin 2009 – July 1, 2010
A LA VEILLE DES ELECTIONS EN HAITI, DES CITOYENS HAITIENS ET QUATRE GROUPES DE DROITS HUMAINS SAISISSENT UN RECOURS CONTRE LES ETATS-UNIS, HAITI ET LA REPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE POUR AVOIR MIS FIN A LA DEMOCRATIE EN HAITI PAR LE COUP D’ETAT DU 29 FEVRIER 2004 – February 29, 2004
Press Freedom
Journalist Setoute Yvens survives shooting attempt, another reporter receives death threats in Haiti, Committee to Protect Journalists, August 4, 2020
L’Ajh dénonce des menaces et attaques contre plusieurs journalistes en Haïti, AlterPresse, July 31, 2020
‘Never-Ending Battle’ for Press Rights in Haiti, Sahar Majid, Pete Cobus, VOA, May 22, 2020
Violence against the press in Haiti: RSF and CPJ write to Minister of Justice, Reporters Without Borders, November 14, 2019
As tensions continue to escalate in Haiti over president, journalists come under attack, Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, June 12, 2019
Haitian journalist shot during protests against the government, Alessandra Monnerat, Journalism in the Americas, February 18, 2019
Haitian photojournalist missing in Port-au-Prince – CPJ, March 28, 2018
Haitian journalists reject request to share anti-government protest videos – VOA News, October 27, 2017
Freedom House, Freedom of the Press 2016 – Haiti – November 14, 2016
Freedom House, Freedom of the Press 2015 – Haiti – November 4, 2016
Freedom House, Freedom of the Press 2014 – Haiti – October 8, 2014
Reporters Without Borders, Politically-motivated attacks on journalists in Haitian town – September 17, 2014
Reporters Without Borders, Danger of self-censorship after CONATEL warning to radio stations – April 15, 2014
Reporters Without Borders, Murder contract on journalist amid rising political tension – October 23, 2013
Freedom of the Press in Haiti: The Chilling Effect on Journalists Critical of the Government, September 27, 2012
Reporters Without Borders, Radio Boukman resumes broadcasting two weeks after director’s murder– March 23, 2012
Gender-Based Violence
(See also Special Section on Haitian Women and Gender-Based Violence)
Santé/Genre : La pandémie de Covid-19 à l’origine d’une augmentation des cas de violences sexuelles et physiques sur les femmes et les filles, dans le Nord-Est d’Haïti, AlterPresse, July 14, 2020
Haïti-Parc industriel de Caracol/Agressions sexuelles : Le Ministère à la condition féminine demande de mettre l’action publique en mouvement contre les présumés criminels, AlterPresse, July 3, 2020
Haiti is making an effort to curb human trafficking, but still falling short, US says, Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, June 25, 2020
Raped, widowed, homeless: Haiti’s slum women abandoned to gangs, Amelie Baron, The Jakarta Post, July 12, 2019
Haiti missionary sentenced to 23 years for child sex abuse – AP News, July 24, 2018
For victims of UN sex abuse or exploitation, help can be elusive – PBS, July 24, 2018
Amnesty Report: Haiti 2017/2018 – Amnesty International, 2018
URGENT ACTION: Women’s rights defender threatened with death – Amnesty International, 13 December 2017
Against their will: New report on sexual violence – Medecins Sans Frontieres, July 12, 2017
AP Exclusive: UN child sex ring left victims but no arrests – Associated Press, April 12, 2017
Liberia exclusive: “There is no longer going to be impunity” – Saunders on UN rape crisis – Global News Network Liberia, April 3, 2017
New Report: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse at the Hands of the UN in Haiti – CEPR, March 22, 2017
Women allegedly raped by UN peacekeepers in Haiti speak out – Bulawayo24 News, March 21, 2017
Violence Against Women, Trafficking, Prostitution, and Exploitation by UN Peacekeepers – January 22, 2016 (for the 63rd Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, February 25, 2016 (Version Française)
Submission on the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Haiti to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – January 20, 2016
Haiti: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee – Amnesty International, October 7, 2014
Urgent Action: Women Human Rights Defenders – Amnesty International, August 4, 2014
Haiti: Women’s human rights defenders threatened – Amnesty International, June 13, 2014
Haiti: Situation of sexual minorities – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, September 27, 2013
New Case of UN Peacekeeper Involved Rape in Haiti – Haiti Sentinel, September 16, 2013
Annie Gell, “Have Your Say” – September 11, 2013
UN News Service, UN organizations in Haiti deeply concerned by rise in homophobic violence – August 19, 2013
Amnesty International, Haiti: LGBTI activists at risk in Haiti – July 19, 2013
Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), Haitian Women Still Waiting for a Seat at the Table – July 18, 2013
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Haiti: Domestic violence, especially in rural areas; protection and services available for victims – June 13, 2013
UNDP, Assistance légale pour les femmes victimes de violence de genre en Haïti – April 2013
Stand in Solidarity With the Women of Haiti – February 12, 2013
Find older reports here. Please also see our News Archive on Gender-Based Violence for related news.
Children’s Rights
As the virus deepens Haiti’s schooling gap, some fight back, Amelie Baron,Yahoo News, August 8, 2020
En Haïti, les orphelinats accueillent des «orphelins» dont les parents sont vivants, Samuel Celine, Ayibo Post, July 31, 2020
All migrant children must be released from US detention by Friday because of coronavirus. Some parents fear that could mean separation, Jazmine Ulloa, Boston Globe, July 15, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of Haitian children suffer in slavery – and women play a key role in perpetuating the system, Fiona de Hoog Cius, The Conversation, May 18, 2019
Haiti missionary sentenced to 23 years for child sex abuse – AP News, July 24, 2018
For victims of UN sex abuse or exploitation, help can be elusive – PBS, July 24, 2018
Human Rights Watch, Haiti: Stateless People Trapped in Poverty – November 29, 2016
Orphanage Entrepreneurs: The Trafficking of Haiti’s Invisible Children (English & French) – Lumos, September 28, 2016
United States Department of State, 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report – Haiti – June 30, 2016
United States Department of State, 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report – Haiti – July 27, 2015
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention – March 2015 (French)
United States Department of Labor, 2013 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor – Haiti – October 7, 2014
United States Department of State, 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report – Haiti – June 20, 2014
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Haïti : informations sur les « restavek » – January 10, 2014
Haiti: Loi du 2013 sur l’adoption – November 15, 2013
United States Department of Labor, 2012 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor – Haiti – September 30, 2013
United States Department of State, 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report – Haiti – June 19, 2013
Prison Conditions
Haiti’s president pardons more than 400 prisoners, Jamaica Observer, June 23, 2020
Covid-19 en Haïti : L’appui aux centres de rétention et de détention est insuffisant, RNDDH, March 26, 2020
Mutiny over cooking charcoal in Haiti prison led to gang rapes, human-rights groups say, Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, November 22, 2019
Impacts de la crise sociopolitique actuelle sur les conditions générales de détention, RNDDH, November 6, 2019
Haiti to investigate alleged rapes of 10 female inmates, Evens Sanon, AP, November 5, 2019
Haiti – Justice : Haiti tops the list of people imprisoned without conviction, HaitiLibre, October 10, 2018
How Prison Conditions Fuel the Tuberculosis Epidemic, Inter Press Service, July 19, 2018
Haiti ranked worst country for most overcrowded prisons in the world, Jamaica Observer, February 5, 2018
Haiti prisons: Overcrowding a major problem, Al Jazeera, January 5, 2018
UN expert flags ‘daily violations’ in Haiti prisons – Jamaica Observer, March 9, 2017
Living hell: Officials alarmed by upsurge of inmates dying in Haiti prisons – Fox News, February 20, 2017
Malnutrition killing inmates in Haiti jails – The Associated Press, February 20, 2017
Prison overcrowding in the country, the situation is critical – HaitiLibre, April 6, 2016
UN expert condemns Haiti prison overcrowding, conditions – AFP, March 2, 2016
Inside Haiti’s prisons: a nation battles crime and human rights abuses as it struggles to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake – Evening Standard, September 29, 2014
Prison Conditions and Pre-Trial Detention in Haiti: Submission for the 112th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee – September 12, 2014
Extreme Prison Overcrowding and Lengthy Pre-trial Detention Continue in Haiti Despite International Court Order – July 3, 2013
Housing Rights and Electricity
Haiti’s fuel shortage and chronic blackouts are back. This time it’s lack of diesel., Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, July 22, 2020
A devastating blow to Haiti’s most vulnerable, SOIL, June 23, 2020
Ten years after Haiti’s earthquake: A decade of aftershocks and unkept promises, Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, January 8, 2020
Routine blackouts in Haiti symbolize a loss of political power for its citizens, Greg Beckett, The Conversation, February 7, 2019
Ten facts about Haiti’s housing crisis, Amnesty International, January 12, 2015
Haiti: ’15 Minutes to Leave’: Denial of the Right to Adequate Housing in Post-Quake Haiti – January 8, 2015
Amnesty International Urgent Action: Camp Acra Adoquin – October 1, 2014
Amnesty International Calls Attention to Housing Crisis – March 31, 2014
Haiti: Families at imminent risk of forced eviction – March 12, 2014
Haiti: Thousands more at risk of forced eviction – February 4, 2014
Haiti: How long will impunity continue for attacks against people displaced by the 2010 earthquake? – January 17, 2014
Haiti: Displaced people still live in despair four years after devastating earthquake : Media advisory – January 9, 2014
Haiti: Failure to deal with the consequences of the 2010 devastating earthquake – January 9, 2014
Haiti: Further Information: 200 Families Evicted, More at Imminent Risk (French) – December 18, 2013
Haiti: Families forcibly evicted, 100 more at risk – December 9, 2013
Haiti: Hundreds face violent forced eviction – October 18, 2013
Haiti: Amnesty International representatives visit the country to monitor housing rights – October 3, 2013
Eviction fears haunt Haiti camps after attacks – May 14, 2013
‘Nowhere To Go’ Forced Evictions in Haiti’s Displacement Camps (French & Creole) – April 23, 2013
Haiti: Hundreds of Families Risk Forced Eviction – April 18, 2013
Mesures conservatoires MC-52-13 – March 27, 2013
Health and Environment
Insécurité alimentaire : la situation s’annonce difficile pour Haïti, Cluford Dubois, Le National, August 4, 2020
Health / Covid-19: Haiti is experiencing the worst crises in its economic history, says economist Fritz Alphonse Jean, AlterPresse, July 31, 2020
Haitian mental health needs rise yet again with COVID-19 trauma, Jessica Obert The New Humanitarian, July 17, 2020
UNAIDS says COVID-19 worsened HIV situation in Caribbean, Caricom, July 9, 2020
Fistule obstétricale: la maladie de la honte qui ronge silencieusement des femmes en Haïti, Laura Louis, Ayibo Post, June 17, 2020
Ten years after Haiti earthquake, medical care is deteriorating, Medecins Sans Frontieres, January 9, 2020
Covid-19: près de 100 000 Haïtiens sont revenus de la République dominicaine ces six derniers mois, Ricardo Lambert, Le Nouvelliste, July 17, 2020
Haiti – DR : More than a hundred Haitians intercepted at the Dominican border, Haiti Libre, July 14, 2020
Haitian Migrants: Hidden Faces of Human Trafficking in the Dominican Republic, Jean-Pierre Murray, New Security Beat, June 8, 2020
Border Report: Surviving in Tijuana Has Gotten Even Harder for Haitian Migrants, Maya Srikrishnan, Voice of San Diego, July 20, 2020
Either he’s dead or he’s been kidnapped: ICE detainees go ‘missing’ amid coronavirus, Monique O. Madan, Miami Herald, June 17, 2020
Other Country Condition News (English)
The Haitian people: Sadly and badly in need of a champion, Sir Ronald Sanders, MENAFN, November 27, 2020
Editorial, “The U.S. sent back the torturer Haiti calls ‘the devil.’ Can its courts handle him?,” Editorial Board, Washington Post, July 5
Haiti’s Political and Economic Conditions, Congressional Research Service, March 5, 2020
Haiti: Amnesty International verifies evidence of excessive use of force against protestors, Amnesty International, October 31, 2019
Haiti: Protesters at Continued Risk, Amnesty International, June 17, 2019
Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders call on Haitian authorities to investigate attacks on journalists, CPJ, November 14, 2019
Haiti’s President-elect Jovenel Moise battling money laundering suspicions, Miami Herald, January 24, 2017
Haiti – Justice : 3 members of the CSPJ protest against the interference of the Executive – October 14, 2014
Haiti: Students Need Safe Water, Toilets – October 8, 2014
Letter to Vice President Jorge Familiar on the Haiti Water and Sanitation Conference – October 8, 2014
Haiti: The truth must not die with Jean-Claude Duvalier – October 7, 2014
UN News Service, Haiti: despite death of former President, UN urges continued probes into alleged abuses – October 7, 2014
Haiti: Justice Denied by Duvalier’s Death – October 4, 2014
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Haiti: Information on the security situation – June 11, 2014
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Haiti: Types of complaints that victims may file with the police – June 9, 2014
Dominican Republic: Open Letter to President Danilo Medina regarding law 169/14 [repression against Dominicans of Haitian descent] – June 3, 2014
Haiti: Duvalier case back on course towards justice for the victims – February 21, 2014
Haiti: Lack of political will allows ex-dictator Duvalier to escape justice – January 15, 2014
Dominicans of Haitian Descent Cast Into Legal Limbo by Court – October 24, 2013
‘Without my identity card, it’s like I’m dead’ – October 18, 2013
Statement attributable to UNICEF on the Constitutional Court decision on Dominican-born persons of Haitian descent – October 9, 2013
The Dominican ruling which could leave thousands stateless – October 9, 2013
Discriminatory Ruling by Dominican Court Threatens Citizenship – October 3, 2013
UN faces crisis of credibility over 8,000 cholera deaths in Haiti – September 13, 2013
The United Nations’ Shameful History in Haiti – August 19, 2013
Press Release: The BAI denounces religious leaders’ march against Haiti’s LGBT community – July 17, 2013
One Thousand Days of Cholera : Almost 8,200 Killed and Still No UN Apology – July 15, 2013
Jobs and Justice: Raising the Floor on Worker Rights and Wages in Haiti – May 23, 2013
Michel Martelly’s education plan in Haiti marked by mismanagement and inflated claims – April 9, 2013
UN News Service, UN voices concern over thousands of Haitians fleeing country by sea – July 13, 2012
Haiti: Earthquake Recovery Failing Women and Girls (Human Rights Watch) – August 30, 2011
No Urgency for the Poor – January 27, 2011
Gangs become father, mother to Haiti’s forlorn orphans – May 9, 2010
Spoiling Security in Haiti – May 31, 2005
Other Country Condition News (French)
Attaques contres des quartiers défavorisés : Le RNDDH exige la fin de la protection des gangs armés par les autorités au pouvoir, RNDDH, June 23, 2020
Massacre au Bel-Air: Banalisation du droit à la vie par les autorités Étatiques, RNDDH, December 17, 2019
Massacre à La Saline: Violations de droits humains et nécessité d’une intervention humanitaire, RNDDH, December 14, 2018
Un conseiller du CSPJ fait le point – May 5, 2014
Haïti – “Politique : Les excuses de Francisco René entendues, mais non commentées – January 8, 2014
L’Onu en grave conflit de droits en Haïti – August 23, 2013
Un “scandale” ! C’est ainsi que les Avocats qualifient les Réponses du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies – July 12, 2013
Haïti – Éducation : L’Université du Roi Henry Christophe de Limonade, fissuré un an après son inauguration – June 14, 2013
RAPPORT SUR LA SÉCURITÉ CITOYENNE ET LES DROITS HUMAINS – May 9, 2013
Haïti: Human Rights Watch assistera à l’audition de Duvalier – April 5, 2013
Un véhicule officiel bel et bien impliqué dans le double meurtre spectaculaire du 5 février à Port-au-Prince – February 16, 2013
Des groupes de défense des droits accueillent favorablement l’initiative des Nations Unies sur le choléra en Haïti, Appel à l’action immédiate pour rendre justice aux victimes – December 12, 2012
Press Release: Civil Society Groups Appeal to UN Secretary-General for Response to Haiti Cholera Claims -French – November 30, 2012
Response of Haitian Government to Human Rights Watch – November 8, 2012
CENTRE ANACAONA DE DEFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS ET DES LIBERTES DES HAÏTIENS – October 22, 2012
Des organisations internationales condamnent les risques d’arrestation arbitraire en Haïti – October 15, 2012
Me Mario Joseph affirme lors de son passage à Washington, que l’on ne peut construire une nouvelle Haïti en se basant sur d’anciennes habitudes de non-respect des droits humains – September 24, 2012
Evaluation Périodique Universelle d’Haiti : Observation du Bureau des Avocats Internationaux Genève, Suisse le – March 16, 2012
Press Release: Note de Presse sur le retour de Mr. Ronald Nelson ( BAI, Française) – December 21, 2011
Intervention du Canada (Française) – October 25, 2011
Jacques Édouard Alexis ‘se déchaine’: ‘Préval veut garder le pouvoir, des armes ont été distribuées’, dénonce-t-il,”(Radiokiskeya.com) – October 4, 2010
Recrudescence de L’insécurité dans la Région Métropolitaine (Metropole Haiti) – September 14, 2010
L’insécurité Prend de Nouvelles Proportions (Le Nouvelliste) – September 13, 2010
L’insécurité Bat son Plein à Cité Soleil (Le Nouvelliste) – August 27, 2010
Testimony of Mario Joseph en Français (Bureau des Avocats Internationaux) – March 23, 2010
Demi-heure pour Haïti : Maintenez la pression pour sauver Yvon Neptune – May 31, 2005
Haiti News Briefs May 2006-October 2007
Additional Research
RefWorld: Refugee Decision Support, a project of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR)
IACHR: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, gathers human information and writes human reports on many countries
Dossier Choléra: A blog (in French) that gathers information and articles about the progression of cholera in Haiti.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): The OHCHR posts treaty ratifications and reports of independent experts.
The U.S. Department of State: The U.S. Department of State publishes annual country reports on human rights conditions in the different countries around the world, including Haiti.
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada: The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada provides detailed information regarding the human rights conditions in the different countries around the world and also has well-documented responses to questions regarding asylum issues.
Amnesty International: Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting human rights around the world. Detailed accounts of human rights abuses in countries such as Haiti are recounted in their annual reports, press releases, and urgent actions.
Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders is a non-governmental organization committed to assuring freedom of information around the world. Their website documents violations of this freedom.
Human Rights Watch (HRW): HRW is a non-governmental organization dedicated to the defense and promotion of human rights around the world. HRW publishes investigative reports, commentaries, press releases, letters and advocates for respect of human rights.
Freedom House: Freedom House is a watchdog organization that independently reports on freedom in countries around the world.
Globalex: This website from NYU Law School provides a detailed guide for researching Haitian law.
The World Law Guide: This website has links to Haiti legislation, including its Constitution and Penal Code.
Old Press Accounts
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