Introduction and overview of the State Department's latest human rights report on Haiti; Rule of terror under the Cedras regime; Murders, beatings, torture, rapes, and other violent abuses committed; Highlights of the report; Information on how to obtain copies of the report.U...
The most serious impediments to human rights involved weak democratic governance in the country; the near absence of the rule of law, exacerbated by a judicial system vulnerable to political influence; and chronic, severe corruption in all branches of government.Basic human rights problems included ...
According to reports on Twitter yesterday, the United Nations independent expert on the human rights situation in Haiti, Michel Forst has resigned for "personal reasons," even though his mandate was supposed to continue for another year. In one of his last acts, Forst's report for the U.N....
IJDH: Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Developments Kiskeya-June 22, 2022 0 Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Developments This report outlines recent developments in human rights and rule of law in Haiti during the period December 2021 through May...
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Amnesty International Report Haiti is mired in human rights abuses, political vengeance and fear, some of it caused by the interim government, AI said on April 7. Wrapping up a 15-day fact-finding mission, representatives of the human rights group said that the organization was deeply concerned...
Written by women from diverse backgrounds working both in grassroots communities in Haiti and in the international arena, the GSR offers stakeholders a set of human rights-based gender interventions to round out current redevelopment efforts and achieve greater inclusion and success. INCLUDES ...
Mob killings and lynchings of alleged gang members are also on the rise, as “vigilantes take the law into their own hands”, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said. At least 164 such murders were documented in April. Thelatest reportfromOHCHRand BINUH points to the emergence of vigilant...
in Haiti, reported that last year saw "a very steep increase" in murders, lynchings, rape and other violence committed by gang members. This trend has continued into 2024, with January being the most violent month in two years, she added,echoing recent findingsby the UN human rig...
Meanwhile, gang violence has left at least 700,000 people homeless in recent years, half of them children, William O’Neill, the U.N. independent human rights expert on Haiti, said Friday. “All indicators remain extremely worrying,” he said during his visit to Haiti. “The first and mos...