Six (6) months after the tragic murder of Jovenel MOÏSE: No Judicial Police Investigation Supplement – No Judicial Investigation
On the night of July 6-7, 2021, President Jovenel MOÏSE was assassinated at his home in tragic circumstances…
Fight against corruption in Haiti: Advocacy Report for Better Knowledge of State Institutions
For several years, issues related to corruption have attracted the attention of the Haitian population because of the close relationship between corruption and denial of human rights, particularly the non-realization of economic and social rights, is no longer to be proven…
General operating conditions of the Courts of Peace in Haiti: Advocacy for a healthy and equitable distribution of Haitian justice
From February to July 2021, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) and its regional structures conducted a study in 77.40% of the country’s functional Peace Courts. According to the RNDDH, this is a high percentage to establish a true and representative picture of the situation…
Virtual meeting with the United Nations Security Council
In Haiti, we are not living. The rights to security, life and physical and mental integrity of Haitians are constantly violated. Every day, we bury our brothers and sisters murdered by armed bandits benefiting from the complacency of the police and judicial authorities. Since January 2021, an average of two (2) people has died each…
Earthquake of August 14, 2021 and cascading escapes: RNDDH calls on prison authorities
On August 14, 2021, the departments of Nippes, Sud and Grand ’Anse were devastated by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale. Human death and material losses and untold numbers of injured people have been recorded…
Earthquake of August 14, 2021: RNDDH calls for compliance with humanitarian accountability rules
On August 14, 2021, around 8:30 am, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on the Ritcher scale hit three (3) departments on the country’s southern coast, namely, the Nippes, the South and the Grand’Anse…
Dark night in Port-au-Prince and Delmas: RNDDH calls for popular mobilization
On the night of June 29-30, 2021, at Delmas 32, Christ-Roi and Avenue N prolonged, armed individuals fired on at least twenty (20) people, killing nineteen (19) of them and wounding at least one (1) other…
Instruction du dossier relatif à l’assassinat de Maître Monferrier Dorval: La vie du Magistrat Renord Regis est entre les mains des autorités haïtiennes.
Le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) a appris qu’en date du 17 juin 2021, le juge d’instruction Rénord Régis a été contraint de remettre à la Direction logistique de la Police Nationale d’Haiti (PNH) le fusil Galil de calibre 556 qui avait été confié le 25 septembre 2020 à l’agent affecté à…
26th anniversary of the PNH: The RNDDH recommends an in-depth evaluation of the institution
June 12, 2021, brings back the 26th anniversary of the National Police of Haiti (PNH). On this occasion, the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH) shares with the public its observations and concerns about the functioning of this institution, so crucial for the country. One of its missions is to protect the…
Massacres in Bel-Air and Cité Soleil under the indifferent gaze of state authorities
Since August 2020, the Bel-Air neighborhood has been under great stress. Although there was some calm at the beginning of the current year, hostilities resumed in March 2021. Similarly, Cité Soleil, ravaged in 2020 by armed attacks that lasted several months, has once again attracted attention since January 2021 because of the hegemonic rivalries that…