We fight for the human rights of Haiti’s poor, in court, on the streets and wherever decisions about Haitians’ rights are made. We represent the unjustly imprisoned and victims of political persecution, coordinate grassroots advocacy in Haiti and the US, train human rights advocates in Haiti and disseminate human rights information worldwide.

News, What's New

[29 Jan 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Press Release:
FUNERAL TO HONOR THE DEAD TO BE HELD AT MASS BURIAL SITE IN HAITI -
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1,
TITANYAN, HAITI
The Aris­tide Foun­da­tion, together with the Bureau …

What's New

[22 Jan 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

In the wake of the recent earth­quakes in Haiti, many peo­ple are turn­ing to IJDH for cred­i­ble reports of the sit­u­a­tion on the ground, the …

 

Action Alerts

[16 Jan 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Good News: Yes­ter­day the U.S. Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­rity Sec­re­tary Napoli­tano announced the des­ig­na­tion of Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus (TPS) for Haiti. Thanks to everyone …

Action Alerts

[13 Jan 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Good News first: We do actu­ally have some good news: Mario Joseph and the rest of the team at the Bureau des Avo­cats Inter­na­tionaux escaped …

 

News

[7 Feb 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By BEN FOUNTAIN
New York Times Op-Ed Con­trib­u­tor
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/opinion/07fountain.html
IN 1999 I made a day trip from the Hait­ian cap­i­tal, Port-au-Prince, up to the wanly charm­ing town of …

News

[7 Feb 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By AMY WILENTZ
New York Times Op-Ed Con­trib­u­tor
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/opinion/07wilentz.html

SO many of the scenes from this earth­quake have reminded me of the early days.
I first stepped onto the broad …