On the night of July 6-7, 2021, President Jovenel MOÏSE was assassinated at his home in Pèlerin 5. The judicial police investigation opened around this case allowed the arrest and imprisonment of several people. They are awaiting the results of the judicial investigation against them for their involvement in this murder…
From April 24 to May 6, 2022, a violent war – now called the Carnage of la Plaine du Cul-de-Sac – broke out between the 400 Mawozo gangs and the Chen Mechan base…
June 12, 2022, brings back the commemoration of the twenty-seven (27) years of existence of the Haitian National Police (PNH). On this occasion, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) wishes to draw the population’s attention to the recurrent killings of police officers, the general working conditions of PNH officers, and the inaccessibility of health…
For several days, Tabarre and Croix-des-Bouquets – two (2) communes that are part of the Plaine du Cul-de-sac have been the victims of a violent war between two (2) armed gangs: the 400 Mawozo and the Chen Mechan base…
Dans une étude publiée le 4 octobre 2021, le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) a présenté la situation des tribunaux de paix ainsi que les conditions générales de travail du personnel qui y est affecté…
On February 21, 2022, the National Federation of Health Workers (FENATRAS) launched a call for a strike in the country’s public hospitals to demand better working conditions and a salary review, granting a basic salary of sixty thousand (60.000) gourdes to staff of hospitals and health centers…
Les Organisations de Droits Humains et Féministes signataires de la présente note s’empressent de lancer une mise en garde au Conseil Supérieur du Pouvoir Judiciaire…
For several days now, workers have been waging a struggle to demand a revision of the minimum wage, in view of the ongoing inflation in Haiti. In this sense, they estimate that at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) gourdes should be allocated to them for a day of eight (8) hours of work. And,…
From January 24 to February 4, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council conducts its fortieth (40th) session of Universal Periodic Review with the aim of analyzing the general situation of Human Rights in twelve (12) countries including Haiti…
January 12, 2010 – January 12, 2022: twelve (12) years since a 7.3 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale hit the western, southeastern and Nippes departments of the country. The resulting human and material losses are immeasurable. But even more, the very considerable sequelae, remain alive in the collective memory…