Cholera Victims Press for Individual Compensation
As the United Nations winds down its 13-year peacekeeping in Haiti, the victims of cholera demand that the organization fulfills the promise it made to the Haitian people nearly a…
Will UN apology without admission of guilt be enough to move donors?
ON December 1 at a United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologized for bringing cholera to Haiti. While cholera victims and advocates (including IJDH) cheered at the apology, everyone…
Ban Ki-moon Finally Apologizes For Cholera, More Work to Be Done
After nearly six years of denial in order to avoid accountability for bringing a deadly cholera epidemic to Haiti, Secretary-General Bakn Ki-moon finally apologized in an address before the UN…
Al Jazeera Features Haiti Cholera in Its Anniversary Celebration
Al Jazeera English is celebrating its ten-year anniversary by giving updates on its most memorable documentaries in a series called REWIND. One of those REWIND features is Haiti in a…
How did the cholera epidemic get so bad, and what’s next?
Journalist Kim Ives and IJDH's own Sienna Merope-Synge discuss the United Nations' role in the cholera epidemic in Haiti in a radio segment on black resistance. This includes discussion of…
Will UN Recognition of Water, Sanitation Rights Translate to Cholera Justice?
The United Nations General Assembly recently recognized water and sanitation access as basic human rights but the UN still hasn't done much to ensure or protect those rights in Haiti,…