Secretary-General Guterres Must Ensure the UN’s Moral Debt to Haiti is Paid
In December 2016, after six years of trying to avoid blame for the cholera epidemic it brought to Haiti in 2010, the United Nations apologized for its role and announced…
UN Secretary-General Promises to Combat Sex Abuse and Exploitation
Haiti hosts a peacekeeping mission with one of the largest numbers of reported sexual exploitation and abuse. The UN Secretary-General is urging MINUSTAH to appoint a victims' rights advocate to address the…
Death of Former President Préval Shocks Nation
The death of former Haitian President René Préval comes as a shock to many. The political figure served two presidential terms, from 1996-2001 and 2006-2011, and he was the incumbent…
Detention and deportation of noncriminal Haitians arriving from Mexico
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began detaining non-criminal Haitians who presented themselves at Mexico-US border crossings on September 22, 2016 and began twice-weekly deportations to Haiti of these detainees…
Special Section on Political Violence
General Information | Cases | Exclusion of Fanmi Lavalas from Elections | Persecution of Fanmi Lavalas Supporters | Allegations of Persecution by Fanmi Lavalas Supporters | Violence Committed by the…
Special Section on Haitian Women and Asylum
Country Condition Information | Expert Affidavits | Cases | Law Journal Articles | More Resources (See also: Subsection on Gender-Based Violence under Country Conditions) The Center for Gender and Refugee…