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NEW YORK —Haiti’s human rights crisis is spiraling out of control, driven by entrenched elite corruption, a fractured ...
We welcome the reports of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Independent Expert on Haiti. Haiti’s crisis has reached catastrophic levels, with criminal groups carrying out large ...
A group of Democratic senators are calling out the Trump administration on what they call its "increasingly inconsistent" ...
We are writing to encourage the European Union to take bold, concrete steps to support the broad response needed to address all dimensions of the crisis in Haiti, including by supporting the ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.N. human rights expert warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals in the troubled Caribbean country ...
Human Rights Watch offers up recommendations to the UN on what a new U.N. peacekeeping mission for Haiti should look like, be mandated to do ...
'The Forgotten Crisis,' Part 1: Gang violence overwhelms Haiti amid political turmoil Since the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president, gangs have paralyzed the country.
Haiti's crisis deepens as foreign troops struggle to curb violence© Top image credit: Kenyan police officers disembark from a plane while arriving as part of a peace-keeping mission to tackle ...
Human Rights Watch says the UN should urgently authorize and deploy an official security mission to Haiti where armed gangs are raping and recruiting children.
The crisis situation in Haiti continues to escalate. Last week, a human rights group in the country released figures showing that kidnappings in the country had dramatically increased in the first ...
Recent arrest triggers debate On Monday, Human Rights Watch published a new 98-page report, “ Living a Nightmare: Haiti Needs an Urgent Rights-Based Response to Escalating Crisis.” ...
As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the UDHR, Haiti is facing a catastrophic human rights situation. It is in a serious political and security crisis.