Since the advent to power of the de facto Prime Minister Ariel HENRY, the security situation in the country has been deteriorating continuously and armed gangs are multiplying exponentially. Massacres, raids and armed attacks have been recorded everywhere, particularly in the departments of the West and Artibonite – the two (2) largest geographic departments in…
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…
L’année judiciaire 2021-2022 s’est clôturée sur un bilan extrêmement maigre, les cours et tribunaux du pays n’ayant que très peu fonctionné en raison notamment des arrêts de travail du personnel judiciaire et de la situation sécuritaire préoccupante en Haïti. Ce ralentissement dans les travaux judiciaires a eu pour conséquences une augmentation exponentielle du nombre de…
Since April 2022, the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) has been investigating a case of arms and ammunition trafficking, in which three (3) employees of the National Old Age Insurance Office (ONA), one (1) agent of the Haitian National Police (PNH) and one (1) employee of the Office of Work Accident, Sickness and…
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…
Since the beginning of 2023, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) has been concerned about the obvious and accelerated deterioration of the country’s overall security situation…
The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) learned that on January 20, 2023, Sherlson SANON was tried by the Criminal Court of Port-au-Prince sitting without the assistance of a jury, for the association of wrongdoers and slanderous denunciations. He was sentenced to one (1) year’s imprisonment. And, since he had already spent in prison the…
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…