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…
Introduction On the night of July 6-7, 2021, Jovenel MOÏSE, de facto President of the Republic of Haiti was assassinated in his residence at Pèlerin 5. The same day, outgoing Prime Minister a.i. Claude JOSEPH claimed that this assassination was perpetrated by Colombian and Venezuelan mercenaries and that everything was under control. Since then, information…
Rapport financier sur le fonds reçu du Bureau de Monétisation des Programmes d’Aide au Développement (BMPAD) par le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) Contexte La Cour Supérieure des Comptes et du Contentieux Administratif (CSCCA), dans le cadre de ses prérogatives constitutionnelles et légales, et en vue de répondre aux prescrits de l’article…
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…
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…
On February 25, 2021, the Croix-des-Bouquets civil prison was the scene of bloody events that resulted in the death of several people and the escape of hundreds of detainees…
From January to December 2020, the MOÏSE / JOUTHE administration adopted thirty-eight (38) decrees on such diverse and unexpected subjects as: the professional lease (May 11, 2020), the regulation of leasing operations (May 12, 2020), the reform of matrimonial property regimes (May 13, 2020), security law (May 14, 2020), the Haitian Penal Code (June 24,…
In recent years, several cases of disappearance of the corpus delicti, of exhibits and even of personal belongings seized or confiscated by the judicial police and transmitted to the authorities of the Justice, were registered in the court of first instance of Port-au-Prince. However, the attention of the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) was…
From January to October 2020, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) and its regional structures monitored the general functioning of detention centers throughout the country. And, during the month of October 2020, a specific study was carried out on the activities implemented in prison to help the social reintegration of ex-prisoners. Today, the RNDDH…
Protests and anti-government demonstrations, lockdown operations, precarious security situation, outbreak of Covid-19 in Haiti followed by repeated work stoppages of judicial staff: many difficulties punctuated the legal year 2019-2020, making it a very meagre year in terms of balance sheet…