For some time now, many police stations and sub-police stations located in the Ouest department, under the jurisdiction of the Port-au-Prince and Croix-des-Bouquets courts of first instance respectively, have been experiencing overcrowding in their holding cells.
L’Observatoire a été informé des restrictions à la liberté de circulation imposées par les autorités dominicaines et atteinte au droit à l’honneur de M. Pierre Espérance, citoyen haïtien et directeur exécutif du Réseau national de défense des droits de l’Homme (RNDDH), organisation membre de la FIDH en Haïti qui, depuis 32 ans, promeut les droits humains,…
Since the beginning of 2023, raids, sporadic armed attacks, and massacres against the Haitian population have intensified in the country, particularly in the departments of the West and Artibonite, resulting in the murder of several hundred people and the gang rape of several dozen women and girls…
Présentation de Marie Rosy Kesner AugustePar devant la Commission Interaméricaine des Droits Humains (CIDH)Sur la situation des femmes en Haïti dans ce contexte de violence.8 Mars 2023
The human rights and security situation in Haiti is getting so bad – worse every day – that now even the police are protesting. And for good reason: During a period of about 18 months between July 2021 to this January, at least 78 police officers were murdered, an average of five a month, according to data…
Le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) a appris qu’à l’issue d’un processus de certification, pour soixante-et-un (61) magistrats-tes sur lesquels des enquêtes ont été menées, trente (30) n’ont pas été certifiés, soit 49.18 % d’entre eux. Pour les magistrats‑tes non certifiés, 6.7 % sont des femmes et 93.3 % sont des hommes…
Le 25 novembre ramène la Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes. C’est aussi à cette date que débutent les 16 jours d’activisme durant lesquels des millions de personnes, de groupes de femmes, d’organisations Féministes et de Droits Humains se mobilisent pour combattre ce phénomène et exiger le respect des droits…
The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) was shocked to learn that on October 30, 2022, during clashes recorded on the court of the police station of Delmas 33, one (1) journalist was coldly executed by officers of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) and many others were shot…
On August 20, 2022, early in the morning, at least nine (9) people were murdered at Cité Doudoune, in the commune of Croix-des-Bouquets. These are: Three (3) members of the same family: Josette Fils DESANCLOS, born November 10, 1966, Sherwood Sondje DESANCLOS, born August 23, 1993, and Sarhadje DESANCLOS, born February 10, 1998 Three (3)…
The RNDDH follows with sustained attention the investigations conducted by the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ), relative to the various shipments of weapons and ammunition seized or discovered both in Port-de-Paix, in the department of North-West, in Port-au-Prince in the Department of West. The RNDDH considers the efforts of the DCPJ commendable at…