The National Human Rights Defense Network, an NGO in Haiti that monitors state institutions and promotes human rights education, later added that the total number of deaths could be much higher.

Human-rights groups are pushing back against a proposal by Haiti authorities to enlist members of a rogue force into the fight against a powerful gang alliance carrying out a deadly siege in three ...

(New York) – A renewed wave of gang violence in Haiti has killed hundreds of people in recent weeks and further deepened the humanitarian, political, and human rights crisis in the country ...

JURIST Features Editor Ingrid Burke Friedman talked with Brian Concannon, a human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti about the ongoing civil ...

In a briefing paper on the security situation in Haiti, Human Rights Watch said the Haiti National Police, the armed Multinational Security Support Mission and a transitional government ...

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. Armed gangs’ acts of violence by ...

The Haitian government has signed a contract with Mr. Prince, the private military contractor who founded Blackwater, a ...

At least seven people are dead after a gang opened fire on a church-led protest in a suburb of Haiti’s capital on Saturday, according to local human rights groups. Hundreds of people gathered by ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations expert on human rights in Haiti said Tuesday that he is alarmed by the rapid spread of gang violence and the bleak future awaiting children in the ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A steady stream of illegal weapons smuggled into Haiti is fueling an increase in gang violence and leading to severe human rights abuses, according to a U.N. report ...

He was 62. “Haiti has lost its most prominent human rights lawyer at a time of overwhelming violation of basic rights,” Concannon, the nonprofit’s executive director, said in a statement.

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — United Nations (UN) independent human rights experts have issued a stark warning about the ongoing severe violations of women and girls’ rights in Haiti, highlighting ...