Haiti: Cholera Victims Press for Justice and Individual Compensation
The United Nations Security Council is visiting Haiti, which could be its last time before the closure of the U.N.'s 13-year peacekeeping mission in Haiti know as MINUSTAH, and it…
Where are Haitian Voices in the UN Remedial Process for Cholera?
The injustice perpetuated by the United Nations continues as little action has been done to reduce cholera, offer remedies to those affected, and incorporate victims into the remedial process. The UN…
MA Resident Sued After Escaping Haiti’s Justice System for Years
Three plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit against the former Mayor of Les Irois, Haiti in an attempt to bring justice against the man accused of murdering political opponents, burning 36 houses…
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…
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…