Resources for
Advocacy Campaign

US policies in Haiti have been blocking Haitian civil society from creating the democracy they desire. The US has meddled in elections, supported the oppressive PHTK regime and turned a blind eye to human rights abuses.

Find resources below organized under these headings:
human rights reports, human rights abuses, US involvement, and a Haitian solution.

Human Rights Reports

• Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, Annual Human Rights Reports 2019-2021 Reports

• Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains Reports

• US Department of State 2021 Human Rights Practices: Haiti Report

• US Department of Treasury sanctions Haiti for Serious Human Rights Abuse Press Release

• Haitian government found complicit in crimes against humanity based on evidence that it supported three state sanctioned massacres. Harvard Law, 22 April 2021 Press Release

Human Rights Abuses by Category

Civil Rights

Mistreatment by police

• Journalists protest police brutality. VOA News, 28 January 2021 Article

• Police open fire on protesters, appear to be targeting journalists. One journalist killed, two injured. Reuters, 23 February 2022 Article

Rule of Law

• Des Gangs De « 400 Mawozo » Arrêtés Puis “Libérés Sous Pression Des Membres Du Cabinet Du PM Ariel Henry. L'exclusivité Infos,  17 Mars 2022 Article

• Haiti’s leader kept a list of drug traffickers. His assassins came for It. New York Times, 12 December 2021 Article

• Justice sector challenges in Haiti. Universal Periodic Review 40th Session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2022 Article

• Key recent rule of law and human rights developments June-November 2021. Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) Report

• Growing in numbers and power, criminal gangs terrorize Haiti. France24, 20 October 2021, Article

• Police are outgunned and underpaid. New York Time 16 October 2021 Article

• Gangs expand territory as government struggles. Reuters, 17 October 2021 Article

• Corruption and gang violence accelerate the downward spiral. The Heritage Foundation, 6 August 2021 The Heritage Foundation Article

• Conditions générales de fonctionnement des Tribunaux de Paix en Haïti. Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains, 4 octobre 2021 Rapport

• Two journalists shot dead while on assignment; their killers are still free. Reporters Without Borders, 11. January 2022 Article

Mistreatment in prisons

• Horrendous conditions in Haitian prisons. Human Rights Watch, 30 June 2021 ArticleHuman Rights Watch Article

Mistreatment based on sexual orientation

• LGBTQ+ activist, Jeudy Charlot, found dead; the murder remains unsolved. Reuters, 26 November 2019 Article

Mistreatment based on gender

• Gender based violence report. Republic of Haiti Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review 40th Session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2022 Article
  

Social, Economic and Political Rights

Health

• Haiti’s ongoing gang violence causes closure of charity-run emergency center. Miami Herald, 02 August 2021 Article

• Doctors Without Borders forced to suspend Haiti medical care again due to gang violence. Miami Herald, 02 April 2022 Article

• A month-long strike at the general hospital in downtown Port-au-Prince Article

• Patients languish as Haiti's largest public hospital paralyzed by strike. Agencia EFE, 18 Mar 2022 Article

• Hospitals and clinics close their doors due to the fuel shortage. CNN, 26 October 2021 Article

• Grève dans les hôpitaux publics : la récurrence d'un problème mal abordé. Le Nouvelliste, 10 March 2022 Article

• Health workers on strike over surge in gang kidnappings. Al Jazeera, 15 March 2022 Article

Food

• UN News, Haiti: UN agencies warn of ‘unabated’ rise in hunger. United Nations, 22 March 2022 Article

Political Participation

• Bertelsmann Stiftung's Transformation Index (BTI) analyzes and evaluates the quality of democracy, a market economy and political management. 2022 Report

• Haiti remains below the regional average for women participation in government. Inter-parliamentary Union, 2021 Infographic

Right to Assemble

• Haitian police tear gas protesters, journalists. Al Jazeera, 11 February 2021 Article

U.S. Obstruction of Democracy

• U.S. shouldn’t punish Haitians at the border. This country is to blame for their misery. The Miami Herald Opinion, 21 September 2021 Article

• Ambassador Daniel Foote briefs House Foreign Affairs Committee. 7 October 2021 Transcript

• Is the White House greenlighting Haiti’s descent into dictatorship? Responsible Statecraft 9 March 2021 Article

• Seven US Congresspeople urge the State Department withdraw support from Moïse government due to anti-democratic actions. US Representative Andy Levine, 26 April 2021 Press Release

• Haitians ask Washington not to make things worse. Responsible Statecraft, 12 November 2021 Article

• What the US government may have known about before the president was assassinated Center for Economic Policy and Review, 7 February 2022 Report

• Haiti Aid Conference Brings $600 Million in Pledges. VOA News, 22 February 2022 Article

Path to Democracy

• My Group Can Save Haiti. Biden Is Standing in Our Way. New York Times Opinion, 1 December 2021 Article

• Haiti’s Fight for Democracy: Why the Country Must Rebuild Before It Votes, Foreign Affairs, 1 February 2022 Article

• Un protocole d'entente nationale désigne Joseph Lambert comme président provisoire du pays et le Sénat le proclame dans une résolution The Gazette Haiti, 9 July 2021, The Gazette Haiti Article

• US supports Haitian-led solution, unity for Haiti to overcome challenges. Haitian Times, 28 October 2021 Article

• Supporting Moïse, Washington lost Haitian trust. Responsible Statecraft, 19 July 2021 Article

• The Montana Accord is the right move for Haiti. Washington Post Opinion by Rep Andy Levin, 15 April 2022 Article

• Akò Montana ak akò 11 septanm lan dakò sou plizyè bagay. Ayibopost, 10 Avril 2022

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• Initiative September 11 Reopens Talks with PEN-Montana. Haiti Watch 11 April 2022

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