Haiti

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Overview

OHCHR works in Haiti through the Human Rights Component of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and as part of the transition to the new UN Development Framework. The activities of BINUH and the UNCT in Haiti are integrated, with the country team assuming UN programmatic and technical assistance activities. BINUH’s mandate includes advising the government on issues related to promoting and strengthening political stability and good governance, the rule of law, an inclusive inter-Haitian national dialogue, accountability for human rights violations and abuses, and protecting and promoting human rights. The establishment of the special political mission of BINUH followed the closure of MINUJUSTH on 15 October 2019 and marked the end of 15 years of peacekeeping in Haiti. Read more >

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News & Statements

Latest news

27 Sep 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Haiti: Tackling insecurity “utmost priority” UN report says, as hundreds killed by ongoing gang violence

09 Sep 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Haiti: UN Human Rights expert begins 12-day visit

20 Jun 2024

Special Procedures

Haiti: Soaring number of displaced desperately need protection and aid priority, UN experts urge

04 Apr 2024

Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council Adopts Seven Resolutions, Urgently Establishes a Group of Three Independent Experts on Belarus, Extends Mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti, Mali and Belarus

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Latest statements & messages

08 Oct 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Haiti’s “chaotic violence” can be resolved, Türk declares

04 Oct 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Haiti: Horrifying gang attacks leave at least 70 dead

20 Sep 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Haiti: Insecurity having dramatic human rights and humanitarian impact, UN expert warns

19 Apr 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

At Permanent Forum on African Descent, Türk urges strong action against racism and other colonial legacies

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Featured Stories

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08 May 2013

An end to mob justice in Haiti

Perceived as an acceptable form of retributive justice, lynching is alarmingly recurrent in Haiti.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/57/41: Situation of human rights in Haiti - Interim report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Advance edited version

Compilation of recommendations from previous High Commissioner reports

A/HRC/55/76: Situation of human rights in Haiti - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Advance unedited version

A/HRC/54/79: Situation of human rights in Haiti - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/38/30: Development of a national action plan to implement recommendations of human rights mechanisms in Haiti - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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OHCHR/BINUH Reports

Human Rights Situation in Haiti - Main Trends - Quarterly report: January – March 2023 The Population of Cité Soleil in the Grip of Gang Violence Investigative report on human rights abuses committed by gangs in the zone of Brooklyn from July to December 2022 Joint report of OHCHR and BINUH « N Ap Mouri : rapport sur les conditions de détention en Haïti » Human rights violations by Haitian law enforcement officials and the human rights abuses by gang members during the social unrest of 2018-2019

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OHCHR/MINUSTAH Reports

Report on taking justice into one's hand in Haiti (January 2017) Annual report on the human rights situation in Haiti (July 2015 - December 2016) Annual report on the human rights situation in Haiti (July 2015 - December 2016)

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/34/73: Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CRPD/C/HTI/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Haiti

CEDAW/C/HTI/CO/8-9: Concluding observations on the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Haiti

CRC/C/HTI/CO/2-3: Concluding observations

CCPR/C/HTI/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Haiti

CEDAW/C/HTI/CO/7: Concluding comments

CERD/C/304/Add.84: Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures General Assembly Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements Commission on Human Rights Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

Field

Human Rights Service of the United Nations Integrated Mission for Haiti (BINUH)
Tel. +509 2229 6700
Website

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