IJDH Publishes Latest Report on Human Rights and Rule of Law in Haiti

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IJDH’s latest update on the current status of human rights and rule of law in Haiti, covering key developments from December 2021 through May 2022, is out now. Read about Haiti’s continuing governance, security, economic and humanitarian crises and their drivers, including foreign interference and failures by the international community to respect Haitians' human rights.
US Hands Off Haiti’s Democracy!

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Join IJDH, Haiti Response Coalition, and allies for a Haiti Advocacy Campaign to call on the US government to stop supporting Haiti’s repressive and corrupt government, so that a Haitian-led solution to the crisis can emerge.
"With New Global Fragility Act, US Must Avoid Past Mistakes and Let Haitians Control Their Own Democracy": IJDH’s Alexandra Filippova in Just Security

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IJDH Senior Staff Attorney Alexandra Filippova writes on the Biden administration’s new Global Fragility Act (GFA) aimed at addressing fragility in Haiti and elsewhere. “[W]hether the GFA will result in something better will depend on whether the U.S. government is serious about its stated GFA intentions and actually lets Haitians control their own governance.”
IJDH's Brian Concannon Talks the Moïse Assassination Investigation, Raboteau Massacre Trial, and More on Twazyèm Mitan

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On May 12, Voice of America’s Twazyèm Mitan television program featured an hour-long discussion with IJDH Executive Director Brian Concannon. The program’s focus was the stalled investigation of President Moïse’s assassination but included insights from 25 years of BAI/IJDH work, including the Raboteau Massacre Trial and the prosecution of Jean-Claude Duvalier.
OUT NOW: New IJDH Article on Unaccountable Foreign Aid and Haiti's Food Crisis

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In an article entitled "Starved for Justice: International Complicity in Systematic Violations of the Right to Food in Haiti," just published in Columbia Human Rights Law Review, IJDH's Sandra Wisner examines the impact of unaccountable foreign aid on Haiti’s food crisis and Haitians’ human rights.
The BAI and IJDH’s Fight for Justice for Sexual Assault Victims Featured in The Guardian

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The Guardian published an inspiring article about the tireless efforts of the BAI’s Rape Accountability and Prevention Project (RAPP) lawyers and their collaborators to win justice for sexual assault victims. "We are fighting the system," says BAI lawyer Gladys Thermezi.

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The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti is a U.S.-based human rights non-profit organization. Established in 2004, it is a partnership of human rights advocates in Haiti and the U.S., dedicated to tackling the root causes of injustice that impacts basic human rights in Haiti.

IJDH Publishes Latest Report on Human Rights and Rule of Law in Haiti

US Hands Off Haiti’s Democracy!

"With New Global Fragility Act, US Must Avoid Past Mistakes and Let Haitians Control Their Own Democracy": IJDH’s Alexandra Filippova in Just Security

IJDH's Brian Concannon Talks the Moïse Assassination Investigation, Raboteau Massacre Trial, and More on Twazyèm Mitan

OUT NOW: New IJDH Article on Unaccountable Foreign Aid and Haiti's Food Crisis

The BAI and IJDH’s Fight for Justice for Sexual Assault Victims Featured in The Guardian

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