PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.N. human rights expert warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals in the troubled Caribbean country ...

In a briefing paper, Human Rights Watch has also offered guidance on what a newly re-envisioned U.N. mission in Haiti should look like. The group’s recommendations don’t differ that much from ...

NEW YORK —Haiti’s human rights crisis is spiraling out of control, driven by entrenched elite corruption, a fractured ...

In October 2023, the UN Security Council authorized the deployment of a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to address the dire humanitarian crisis and insecurity in Haiti. Council ...

Human Rights Watch offers up recommendations to the UN on what a new U.N. peacekeeping mission for Haiti should look like, be mandated to do ...

We welcome the reports of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Independent Expert on Haiti. Haiti’s crisis has reached catastrophic levels, with criminal groups carrying out large ...

U.N. Independent Expert on the Human Rights Situation in Haiti William O’Neill said in a press statement last week that he saw in Haiti “the pain and despair of an entire population,” and ...

As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the UDHR, Haiti is facing a catastrophic human rights situation. It is in a serious political and security crisis.

Recent arrest triggers debate On Monday, Human Rights Watch published a new 98-page report, “ Living a Nightmare: Haiti Needs an Urgent Rights-Based Response to Escalating Crisis.” ...

Human Rights Day — Dec. 10 — is an opportunity to honor the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), signed in 1948. This historic document laid out the most basic ...

'The Forgotten Crisis,' Part 1: Gang violence overwhelms Haiti amid political turmoil Since the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president, gangs have paralyzed the country.

The crisis situation in Haiti continues to escalate. Last week, a human rights group in the country released figures showing that kidnappings in the country had dramatically increased in the first ...