INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: HOMEABOUTOUR WORKHAITI INFORESOURCESOUR INTERNSCHOLERA ACCOUNTABILITY Accepting Internship Applications for Summer 2021. We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic

government.

‘THEY PUT A FEW COINS IN YOUR HAND TO DROP A BABY IN YOU Featuring a reference to IJDH and BAI’s Open Letter to Victim Rights Advocate, Jane Connors. A second point, raised in a significant number of stories about peacekeeper-fathered children is the UN practice of immediate repatriation of the peacekeepers found to have engaged in SEA or to have fathered children. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: CHOLERA The United Nations’ Apology. Finally, on 1 December 2016, the UN Secretary-General issued a public apology for the UN’s role in the outbreak and launched a New Approach to Cholera in Haiti. The New Approach is a $400 million USD plan that adopts a two-track strategy: Track 1 focuses on intensified efforts to treat, control and eradicate HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW AUTOMATICALLY VALID TO OCTOBER, 4 Haiti TPS Documents Now Automatically Valid to October, 4, 2021 by Operation of Law If you are a Haitian with currently valid TPS, your TPS documents are now INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI NAMES Boston, MA (July 15, 2019)—Today, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) welcomes Franciscka Lucien as its new Executive Director. Franciscka succeeds Brian Concannon who informed the Board in September 2018 of his intention to step down. “We are thrilled that Franciscka is taking the helm of IJDH. CONFÉDÉRATION DES TRAVAILLEURS HAITIENS (CTH) By: IWW Haiti Mission – Delegation Blog The following are reports from the IWW delegation to Haiti, currently being hosted by the Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH). Visit the website above to read more. April 29, 2008 This morning we went to a press conference related to the unjustified arrest of Levy Mileot, president of the

hospital union.

KOFAVIV – COMMISSION OF WOMEN VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS Founded in 2004, The Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is a group of Haitian women survivors of political rape working help new women victims from poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. We provide medical care and support for all women victims without discrimination. Since March 8, 2005, KOFAVIV has met with more than

600 women

WHERE DID EARTHQUAKE AID GO? NOT TO HAITIANS Richard Knox, NPRJanuary 12, 2015. Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 10, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private 2015 HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY ISSUES VIOLATIONS DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL 3 pour les pièces d’identité ( acte de naissance, passeport, carte identité etc) Ils ont besoin d'une de ces pièces réclamées par la RD pour finaliser leurs dossiers afin d'avoir un permis de séjour ou

de travail pour

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: HOMEABOUTOUR WORKHAITI INFORESOURCESOUR INTERNSCHOLERA ACCOUNTABILITY Accepting Internship Applications for Summer 2021. We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic

government.

‘THEY PUT A FEW COINS IN YOUR HAND TO DROP A BABY IN YOU Featuring a reference to IJDH and BAI’s Open Letter to Victim Rights Advocate, Jane Connors. A second point, raised in a significant number of stories about peacekeeper-fathered children is the UN practice of immediate repatriation of the peacekeepers found to have engaged in SEA or to have fathered children. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: CHOLERA The United Nations’ Apology. Finally, on 1 December 2016, the UN Secretary-General issued a public apology for the UN’s role in the outbreak and launched a New Approach to Cholera in Haiti. The New Approach is a $400 million USD plan that adopts a two-track strategy: Track 1 focuses on intensified efforts to treat, control and eradicate HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW AUTOMATICALLY VALID TO OCTOBER, 4 Haiti TPS Documents Now Automatically Valid to October, 4, 2021 by Operation of Law If you are a Haitian with currently valid TPS, your TPS documents are now INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI NAMES Boston, MA (July 15, 2019)—Today, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) welcomes Franciscka Lucien as its new Executive Director. Franciscka succeeds Brian Concannon who informed the Board in September 2018 of his intention to step down. “We are thrilled that Franciscka is taking the helm of IJDH. CONFÉDÉRATION DES TRAVAILLEURS HAITIENS (CTH) By: IWW Haiti Mission – Delegation Blog The following are reports from the IWW delegation to Haiti, currently being hosted by the Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH). Visit the website above to read more. April 29, 2008 This morning we went to a press conference related to the unjustified arrest of Levy Mileot, president of the

hospital union.

KOFAVIV – COMMISSION OF WOMEN VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS Founded in 2004, The Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is a group of Haitian women survivors of political rape working help new women victims from poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. We provide medical care and support for all women victims without discrimination. Since March 8, 2005, KOFAVIV has met with more than

600 women

WHERE DID EARTHQUAKE AID GO? NOT TO HAITIANS Richard Knox, NPRJanuary 12, 2015. Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 10, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private 2015 HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY ISSUES VIOLATIONS DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL 3 pour les pièces d’identité ( acte de naissance, passeport, carte identité etc) Ils ont besoin d'une de ces pièces réclamées par la RD pour finaliser leurs dossiers afin d'avoir un permis de séjour ou

de travail pour

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: TEAM MARIO JOSEPH, AV., BAI MANAGING ATTORNEY, has co-managed and managed the BAI since 1996, and has practiced human rights and criminal law since 1993.The New York Times called him, “Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer” in 2006. Mario spearheaded the prosecution of the Raboteau Massacre trial in 2000, one of the most significant human rights cases anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: LAWYER TRAINING The Social Justice Lawyer Training Program at BAI is building the next generation of skilled, motivated human rights lawyers working alongside Haiti’s grassroots movements to compel fundamental social change. BAI brings together lawyers-in-training to collectively develop the skills and experience needed to address the root causes of

violence

LA SALINE MASSACRE: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY La Saline Massacre: One Year Anniversary. One year ago today, on November 13, 2018, residents in La Saline, Port-au-Prince awoke without knowing the horrors that awaited them: a 13 hour-long assault on their neighborhood by armed gangs with state-actor support. Over the past 12 months there has been little progress towards justice for

victims.

HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW VALID UNTIL JANUARY 4, 2021 BY Read the update on Temporary Protected Status on USCIS. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a Federal Register notice extending the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan through Jan. 4,

2021.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, AND 8. The legal protections for victims of trafficking and exploitation of prostitution should be clarified and existing protections should be enforced. The Government should also take effective measures to combat sexual exploitation by United Nations (UN) staff and peacekeepers. 9. Lastly, comprehensive baseline data on gender-based violence HEALTH INEQUITIES AND PATIENT ADVOCATES IN HAITI Haitian Nurse leaders like Beatrice, Roodeline, Miss Chachoute, Miss Tilien and Miss Amazan are all tireless, patient and nurse advocates who inspire us daily to continue our fight against poverty and health inequities. It is an uphill battle. We don’t have enough resources and have an ever increasing line of patients at the door, but our RAPPORT SUR LA SITUATION DES DROITS DE LA FEMME HAÏTIENNE 3 7. La Constitution prévoit que les Haïtiens sont égaux devant la loi et leur garantit la liberté d'exercer les droits civils sans distinction de sexe ou d'état civil. 6 La Constitution garantit aussi le droit à la vie, à la santé, et le respect de la personne humaine pour tous les citoyens sans distinction, LETTRE OUVERTE A LA POLICE NATIONALE D’HAÏTI SUR LESTRANSLATE THIS

PAGE

(The English translation of this letter is below.) BUREAU DES AVOCATS INTERNATIONAUX 3, 2ème rue Lavaud B.P. 19048 Port-au-Prince, Haïti Tel : +5092943-2106/ 07 THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI: WHERE AND HOW DID IT BEGIN? The Cholera Outbreak in Haiti: Where and how did it begin? Daniele Lantagne, G. Balakrish Nair, Claudio F. Lanata and Alejandro Cravioto Abstract In October 2010, DEAR UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL O’BRIEN ! 3 cholera in Haiti, the UN Secretariat has refused to receive Petitioners’ claims, and the UN in Haiti has not established a standing claims commission, thus resulting in a complete INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: HOMEABOUTOUR WORKHAITI INFORESOURCESOUR INTERNSCHOLERA ACCOUNTABILITY Accepting Internship Applications for Summer 2021. We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic

government.

‘THEY PUT A FEW COINS IN YOUR HAND TO DROP A BABY IN YOU Featuring a reference to IJDH and BAI’s Open Letter to Victim Rights Advocate, Jane Connors. A second point, raised in a significant number of stories about peacekeeper-fathered children is the UN practice of immediate repatriation of the peacekeepers found to have engaged in SEA or to have fathered children. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: CHOLERA The United Nations’ Apology. Finally, on 1 December 2016, the UN Secretary-General issued a public apology for the UN’s role in the outbreak and launched a New Approach to Cholera in Haiti. The New Approach is a $400 million USD plan that adopts a two-track strategy: Track 1 focuses on intensified efforts to treat, control and eradicate HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW AUTOMATICALLY VALID TO OCTOBER, 4 Haiti TPS Documents Now Automatically Valid to October, 4, 2021 by Operation of Law If you are a Haitian with currently valid TPS, your TPS documents are now INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI NAMES Boston, MA (July 15, 2019)—Today, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) welcomes Franciscka Lucien as its new Executive Director. Franciscka succeeds Brian Concannon who informed the Board in September 2018 of his intention to step down. “We are thrilled that Franciscka is taking the helm of IJDH. CONFÉDÉRATION DES TRAVAILLEURS HAITIENS (CTH) By: IWW Haiti Mission – Delegation Blog The following are reports from the IWW delegation to Haiti, currently being hosted by the Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH). Visit the website above to read more. April 29, 2008 This morning we went to a press conference related to the unjustified arrest of Levy Mileot, president of the

hospital union.

KOFAVIV – COMMISSION OF WOMEN VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS Founded in 2004, The Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is a group of Haitian women survivors of political rape working help new women victims from poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. We provide medical care and support for all women victims without discrimination. Since March 8, 2005, KOFAVIV has met with more than

600 women

WHERE DID EARTHQUAKE AID GO? NOT TO HAITIANS Richard Knox, NPRJanuary 12, 2015. Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 10, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private 2015 HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY ISSUES VIOLATIONS DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL 3 pour les pièces d’identité ( acte de naissance, passeport, carte identité etc) Ils ont besoin d'une de ces pièces réclamées par la RD pour finaliser leurs dossiers afin d'avoir un permis de séjour ou

de travail pour

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: HOMEABOUTOUR WORKHAITI INFORESOURCESOUR INTERNSCHOLERA ACCOUNTABILITY Accepting Internship Applications for Summer 2021. We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic

government.

‘THEY PUT A FEW COINS IN YOUR HAND TO DROP A BABY IN YOU Featuring a reference to IJDH and BAI’s Open Letter to Victim Rights Advocate, Jane Connors. A second point, raised in a significant number of stories about peacekeeper-fathered children is the UN practice of immediate repatriation of the peacekeepers found to have engaged in SEA or to have fathered children. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: CHOLERA The United Nations’ Apology. Finally, on 1 December 2016, the UN Secretary-General issued a public apology for the UN’s role in the outbreak and launched a New Approach to Cholera in Haiti. The New Approach is a $400 million USD plan that adopts a two-track strategy: Track 1 focuses on intensified efforts to treat, control and eradicate HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW AUTOMATICALLY VALID TO OCTOBER, 4 Haiti TPS Documents Now Automatically Valid to October, 4, 2021 by Operation of Law If you are a Haitian with currently valid TPS, your TPS documents are now INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI NAMES Boston, MA (July 15, 2019)—Today, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) welcomes Franciscka Lucien as its new Executive Director. Franciscka succeeds Brian Concannon who informed the Board in September 2018 of his intention to step down. “We are thrilled that Franciscka is taking the helm of IJDH. CONFÉDÉRATION DES TRAVAILLEURS HAITIENS (CTH) By: IWW Haiti Mission – Delegation Blog The following are reports from the IWW delegation to Haiti, currently being hosted by the Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH). Visit the website above to read more. April 29, 2008 This morning we went to a press conference related to the unjustified arrest of Levy Mileot, president of the

hospital union.

KOFAVIV – COMMISSION OF WOMEN VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS Founded in 2004, The Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is a group of Haitian women survivors of political rape working help new women victims from poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. We provide medical care and support for all women victims without discrimination. Since March 8, 2005, KOFAVIV has met with more than

600 women

WHERE DID EARTHQUAKE AID GO? NOT TO HAITIANS Richard Knox, NPRJanuary 12, 2015. Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 10, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private 2015 HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY ISSUES VIOLATIONS DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL 3 pour les pièces d’identité ( acte de naissance, passeport, carte identité etc) Ils ont besoin d'une de ces pièces réclamées par la RD pour finaliser leurs dossiers afin d'avoir un permis de séjour ou

de travail pour

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: TEAM MARIO JOSEPH, AV., BAI MANAGING ATTORNEY, has co-managed and managed the BAI since 1996, and has practiced human rights and criminal law since 1993.The New York Times called him, “Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer” in 2006. Mario spearheaded the prosecution of the Raboteau Massacre trial in 2000, one of the most significant human rights cases anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: LAWYER TRAINING The Social Justice Lawyer Training Program at BAI is building the next generation of skilled, motivated human rights lawyers working alongside Haiti’s grassroots movements to compel fundamental social change. BAI brings together lawyers-in-training to collectively develop the skills and experience needed to address the root causes of

violence

LA SALINE MASSACRE: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY La Saline Massacre: One Year Anniversary. One year ago today, on November 13, 2018, residents in La Saline, Port-au-Prince awoke without knowing the horrors that awaited them: a 13 hour-long assault on their neighborhood by armed gangs with state-actor support. Over the past 12 months there has been little progress towards justice for

victims.

HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW VALID UNTIL JANUARY 4, 2021 BY Read the update on Temporary Protected Status on USCIS. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a Federal Register notice extending the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan through Jan. 4,

2021.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, AND 8. The legal protections for victims of trafficking and exploitation of prostitution should be clarified and existing protections should be enforced. The Government should also take effective measures to combat sexual exploitation by United Nations (UN) staff and peacekeepers. 9. Lastly, comprehensive baseline data on gender-based violence HEALTH INEQUITIES AND PATIENT ADVOCATES IN HAITI Haitian Nurse leaders like Beatrice, Roodeline, Miss Chachoute, Miss Tilien and Miss Amazan are all tireless, patient and nurse advocates who inspire us daily to continue our fight against poverty and health inequities. It is an uphill battle. We don’t have enough resources and have an ever increasing line of patients at the door, but our RAPPORT SUR LA SITUATION DES DROITS DE LA FEMME HAÏTIENNE 3 7. La Constitution prévoit que les Haïtiens sont égaux devant la loi et leur garantit la liberté d'exercer les droits civils sans distinction de sexe ou d'état civil. 6 La Constitution garantit aussi le droit à la vie, à la santé, et le respect de la personne humaine pour tous les citoyens sans distinction, LETTRE OUVERTE A LA POLICE NATIONALE D’HAÏTI SUR LESTRANSLATE THIS

PAGE

(The English translation of this letter is below.) BUREAU DES AVOCATS INTERNATIONAUX 3, 2ème rue Lavaud B.P. 19048 Port-au-Prince, Haïti Tel : +5092943-2106/ 07 THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI: WHERE AND HOW DID IT BEGIN? The Cholera Outbreak in Haiti: Where and how did it begin? Daniele Lantagne, G. Balakrish Nair, Claudio F. Lanata and Alejandro Cravioto Abstract In October 2010, DEAR UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL O’BRIEN ! 3 cholera in Haiti, the UN Secretariat has refused to receive Petitioners’ claims, and the UN in Haiti has not established a standing claims commission, thus resulting in a complete INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: HOMEABOUTOUR WORKHAITI INFORESOURCESOUR INTERNSCHOLERA ACCOUNTABILITY Accepting Internship Applications for Summer 2021. We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic

government.

‘THEY PUT A FEW COINS IN YOUR HAND TO DROP A BABY IN YOU Featuring a reference to IJDH and BAI’s Open Letter to Victim Rights Advocate, Jane Connors. A second point, raised in a significant number of stories about peacekeeper-fathered children is the UN practice of immediate repatriation of the peacekeepers found to have engaged in SEA or to have fathered children. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: CHOLERA The United Nations’ Apology. Finally, on 1 December 2016, the UN Secretary-General issued a public apology for the UN’s role in the outbreak and launched a New Approach to Cholera in Haiti. The New Approach is a $400 million USD plan that adopts a two-track strategy: Track 1 focuses on intensified efforts to treat, control and eradicate HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW AUTOMATICALLY VALID TO OCTOBER, 4 Haiti TPS Documents Now Automatically Valid to October, 4, 2021 by Operation of Law If you are a Haitian with currently valid TPS, your TPS documents are now INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI NAMES Boston, MA (July 15, 2019)—Today, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) welcomes Franciscka Lucien as its new Executive Director. Franciscka succeeds Brian Concannon who informed the Board in September 2018 of his intention to step down. “We are thrilled that Franciscka is taking the helm of IJDH. CONFÉDÉRATION DES TRAVAILLEURS HAITIENS (CTH) By: IWW Haiti Mission – Delegation Blog The following are reports from the IWW delegation to Haiti, currently being hosted by the Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH). Visit the website above to read more. April 29, 2008 This morning we went to a press conference related to the unjustified arrest of Levy Mileot, president of the

hospital union.

KOFAVIV – COMMISSION OF WOMEN VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS Founded in 2004, The Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is a group of Haitian women survivors of political rape working help new women victims from poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. We provide medical care and support for all women victims without discrimination. Since March 8, 2005, KOFAVIV has met with more than

600 women

WHERE DID EARTHQUAKE AID GO? NOT TO HAITIANS Richard Knox, NPRJanuary 12, 2015. Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 10, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private 2015 HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY ISSUES VIOLATIONS DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL 3 pour les pièces d’identité ( acte de naissance, passeport, carte identité etc) Ils ont besoin d'une de ces pièces réclamées par la RD pour finaliser leurs dossiers afin d'avoir un permis de séjour ou

de travail pour

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: HOMEABOUTOUR WORKHAITI INFORESOURCESOUR INTERNSCHOLERA ACCOUNTABILITY Accepting Internship Applications for Summer 2021. We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic

government.

‘THEY PUT A FEW COINS IN YOUR HAND TO DROP A BABY IN YOU Featuring a reference to IJDH and BAI’s Open Letter to Victim Rights Advocate, Jane Connors. A second point, raised in a significant number of stories about peacekeeper-fathered children is the UN practice of immediate repatriation of the peacekeepers found to have engaged in SEA or to have fathered children. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: CHOLERA The United Nations’ Apology. Finally, on 1 December 2016, the UN Secretary-General issued a public apology for the UN’s role in the outbreak and launched a New Approach to Cholera in Haiti. The New Approach is a $400 million USD plan that adopts a two-track strategy: Track 1 focuses on intensified efforts to treat, control and eradicate HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW AUTOMATICALLY VALID TO OCTOBER, 4 Haiti TPS Documents Now Automatically Valid to October, 4, 2021 by Operation of Law If you are a Haitian with currently valid TPS, your TPS documents are now INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI NAMES Boston, MA (July 15, 2019)—Today, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) welcomes Franciscka Lucien as its new Executive Director. Franciscka succeeds Brian Concannon who informed the Board in September 2018 of his intention to step down. “We are thrilled that Franciscka is taking the helm of IJDH. CONFÉDÉRATION DES TRAVAILLEURS HAITIENS (CTH) By: IWW Haiti Mission – Delegation Blog The following are reports from the IWW delegation to Haiti, currently being hosted by the Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH). Visit the website above to read more. April 29, 2008 This morning we went to a press conference related to the unjustified arrest of Levy Mileot, president of the

hospital union.

KOFAVIV – COMMISSION OF WOMEN VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS Founded in 2004, The Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is a group of Haitian women survivors of political rape working help new women victims from poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. We provide medical care and support for all women victims without discrimination. Since March 8, 2005, KOFAVIV has met with more than

600 women

WHERE DID EARTHQUAKE AID GO? NOT TO HAITIANS Richard Knox, NPRJanuary 12, 2015. Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 10, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private 2015 HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY ISSUES VIOLATIONS DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL 3 pour les pièces d’identité ( acte de naissance, passeport, carte identité etc) Ils ont besoin d'une de ces pièces réclamées par la RD pour finaliser leurs dossiers afin d'avoir un permis de séjour ou

de travail pour

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: TEAM MARIO JOSEPH, AV., BAI MANAGING ATTORNEY, has co-managed and managed the BAI since 1996, and has practiced human rights and criminal law since 1993.The New York Times called him, “Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer” in 2006. Mario spearheaded the prosecution of the Raboteau Massacre trial in 2000, one of the most significant human rights cases anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: LAWYER TRAINING The Social Justice Lawyer Training Program at BAI is building the next generation of skilled, motivated human rights lawyers working alongside Haiti’s grassroots movements to compel fundamental social change. BAI brings together lawyers-in-training to collectively develop the skills and experience needed to address the root causes of

violence

LA SALINE MASSACRE: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY La Saline Massacre: One Year Anniversary. One year ago today, on November 13, 2018, residents in La Saline, Port-au-Prince awoke without knowing the horrors that awaited them: a 13 hour-long assault on their neighborhood by armed gangs with state-actor support. Over the past 12 months there has been little progress towards justice for

victims.

HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW VALID UNTIL JANUARY 4, 2021 BY Read the update on Temporary Protected Status on USCIS. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a Federal Register notice extending the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan through Jan. 4,

2021.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, AND 8. The legal protections for victims of trafficking and exploitation of prostitution should be clarified and existing protections should be enforced. The Government should also take effective measures to combat sexual exploitation by United Nations (UN) staff and peacekeepers. 9. Lastly, comprehensive baseline data on gender-based violence HEALTH INEQUITIES AND PATIENT ADVOCATES IN HAITI Haitian Nurse leaders like Beatrice, Roodeline, Miss Chachoute, Miss Tilien and Miss Amazan are all tireless, patient and nurse advocates who inspire us daily to continue our fight against poverty and health inequities. It is an uphill battle. We don’t have enough resources and have an ever increasing line of patients at the door, but our RAPPORT SUR LA SITUATION DES DROITS DE LA FEMME HAÏTIENNE 3 7. La Constitution prévoit que les Haïtiens sont égaux devant la loi et leur garantit la liberté d'exercer les droits civils sans distinction de sexe ou d'état civil. 6 La Constitution garantit aussi le droit à la vie, à la santé, et le respect de la personne humaine pour tous les citoyens sans distinction, LETTRE OUVERTE A LA POLICE NATIONALE D’HAÏTI SUR LESTRANSLATE THIS

PAGE

(The English translation of this letter is below.) BUREAU DES AVOCATS INTERNATIONAUX 3, 2ème rue Lavaud B.P. 19048 Port-au-Prince, Haïti Tel : +5092943-2106/ 07 THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI: WHERE AND HOW DID IT BEGIN? The Cholera Outbreak in Haiti: Where and how did it begin? Daniele Lantagne, G. Balakrish Nair, Claudio F. Lanata and Alejandro Cravioto Abstract In October 2010, DEAR UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL O’BRIEN ! 3 cholera in Haiti, the UN Secretariat has refused to receive Petitioners’ claims, and the UN in Haiti has not established a standing claims commission, thus resulting in a complete INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: HOMEABOUTOUR WORKHAITI INFORESOURCESOUR INTERNSCHOLERA ACCOUNTABILITY Accepting Internship Applications for Summer 2021. We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic

government.

‘THEY PUT A FEW COINS IN YOUR HAND TO DROP A BABY IN YOU Featuring a reference to IJDH and BAI’s Open Letter to Victim Rights Advocate, Jane Connors. A second point, raised in a significant number of stories about peacekeeper-fathered children is the UN practice of immediate repatriation of the peacekeepers found to have engaged in SEA or to have fathered children. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: CHOLERA The United Nations’ Apology. Finally, on 1 December 2016, the UN Secretary-General issued a public apology for the UN’s role in the outbreak and launched a New Approach to Cholera in Haiti. The New Approach is a $400 million USD plan that adopts a two-track strategy: Track 1 focuses on intensified efforts to treat, control and eradicate HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW AUTOMATICALLY VALID TO OCTOBER, 4 Haiti TPS Documents Now Automatically Valid to October, 4, 2021 by Operation of Law If you are a Haitian with currently valid TPS, your TPS documents are now INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI NAMES Boston, MA (July 15, 2019)—Today, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) welcomes Franciscka Lucien as its new Executive Director. Franciscka succeeds Brian Concannon who informed the Board in September 2018 of his intention to step down. “We are thrilled that Franciscka is taking the helm of IJDH. CONFÉDÉRATION DES TRAVAILLEURS HAITIENS (CTH) By: IWW Haiti Mission – Delegation Blog The following are reports from the IWW delegation to Haiti, currently being hosted by the Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH). Visit the website above to read more. April 29, 2008 This morning we went to a press conference related to the unjustified arrest of Levy Mileot, president of the

hospital union.

KOFAVIV – COMMISSION OF WOMEN VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS Founded in 2004, The Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is a group of Haitian women survivors of political rape working help new women victims from poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. We provide medical care and support for all women victims without discrimination. Since March 8, 2005, KOFAVIV has met with more than

600 women

WHERE DID EARTHQUAKE AID GO? NOT TO HAITIANS Richard Knox, NPRJanuary 12, 2015. Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 10, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private 2015 HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY ISSUES VIOLATIONS DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL 3 pour les pièces d’identité ( acte de naissance, passeport, carte identité etc) Ils ont besoin d'une de ces pièces réclamées par la RD pour finaliser leurs dossiers afin d'avoir un permis de séjour ou

de travail pour

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: HOMEABOUTOUR WORKHAITI INFORESOURCESOUR INTERNSCHOLERA ACCOUNTABILITY Accepting Internship Applications for Summer 2021. We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic

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‘THEY PUT A FEW COINS IN YOUR HAND TO DROP A BABY IN YOU Featuring a reference to IJDH and BAI’s Open Letter to Victim Rights Advocate, Jane Connors. A second point, raised in a significant number of stories about peacekeeper-fathered children is the UN practice of immediate repatriation of the peacekeepers found to have engaged in SEA or to have fathered children. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: CHOLERA The United Nations’ Apology. Finally, on 1 December 2016, the UN Secretary-General issued a public apology for the UN’s role in the outbreak and launched a New Approach to Cholera in Haiti. The New Approach is a $400 million USD plan that adopts a two-track strategy: Track 1 focuses on intensified efforts to treat, control and eradicate HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW AUTOMATICALLY VALID TO OCTOBER, 4 Haiti TPS Documents Now Automatically Valid to October, 4, 2021 by Operation of Law If you are a Haitian with currently valid TPS, your TPS documents are now INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI NAMES Boston, MA (July 15, 2019)—Today, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) welcomes Franciscka Lucien as its new Executive Director. Franciscka succeeds Brian Concannon who informed the Board in September 2018 of his intention to step down. “We are thrilled that Franciscka is taking the helm of IJDH. CONFÉDÉRATION DES TRAVAILLEURS HAITIENS (CTH) By: IWW Haiti Mission – Delegation Blog The following are reports from the IWW delegation to Haiti, currently being hosted by the Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH). Visit the website above to read more. April 29, 2008 This morning we went to a press conference related to the unjustified arrest of Levy Mileot, president of the

hospital union.

KOFAVIV – COMMISSION OF WOMEN VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS Founded in 2004, The Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is a group of Haitian women survivors of political rape working help new women victims from poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. We provide medical care and support for all women victims without discrimination. Since March 8, 2005, KOFAVIV has met with more than

600 women

WHERE DID EARTHQUAKE AID GO? NOT TO HAITIANS Richard Knox, NPRJanuary 12, 2015. Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 10, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private 2015 HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY ISSUES VIOLATIONS DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL 3 pour les pièces d’identité ( acte de naissance, passeport, carte identité etc) Ils ont besoin d'une de ces pièces réclamées par la RD pour finaliser leurs dossiers afin d'avoir un permis de séjour ou

de travail pour

INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: TEAM MARIO JOSEPH, AV., BAI MANAGING ATTORNEY, has co-managed and managed the BAI since 1996, and has practiced human rights and criminal law since 1993.The New York Times called him, “Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer” in 2006. Mario spearheaded the prosecution of the Raboteau Massacre trial in 2000, one of the most significant human rights cases anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI: LAWYER TRAINING The Social Justice Lawyer Training Program at BAI is building the next generation of skilled, motivated human rights lawyers working alongside Haiti’s grassroots movements to compel fundamental social change. BAI brings together lawyers-in-training to collectively develop the skills and experience needed to address the root causes of

violence

LA SALINE MASSACRE: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY La Saline Massacre: One Year Anniversary. One year ago today, on November 13, 2018, residents in La Saline, Port-au-Prince awoke without knowing the horrors that awaited them: a 13 hour-long assault on their neighborhood by armed gangs with state-actor support. Over the past 12 months there has been little progress towards justice for

victims.

HAITI TPS DOCUMENTS NOW VALID UNTIL JANUARY 4, 2021 BY Read the update on Temporary Protected Status on USCIS. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a Federal Register notice extending the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan through Jan. 4,

2021.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, AND 8. The legal protections for victims of trafficking and exploitation of prostitution should be clarified and existing protections should be enforced. The Government should also take effective measures to combat sexual exploitation by United Nations (UN) staff and peacekeepers. 9. Lastly, comprehensive baseline data on gender-based violence HEALTH INEQUITIES AND PATIENT ADVOCATES IN HAITI Haitian Nurse leaders like Beatrice, Roodeline, Miss Chachoute, Miss Tilien and Miss Amazan are all tireless, patient and nurse advocates who inspire us daily to continue our fight against poverty and health inequities. It is an uphill battle. We don’t have enough resources and have an ever increasing line of patients at the door, but our RAPPORT SUR LA SITUATION DES DROITS DE LA FEMME HAÏTIENNE 3 7. La Constitution prévoit que les Haïtiens sont égaux devant la loi et leur garantit la liberté d'exercer les droits civils sans distinction de sexe ou d'état civil. 6 La Constitution garantit aussi le droit à la vie, à la santé, et le respect de la personne humaine pour tous les citoyens sans distinction, LETTRE OUVERTE A LA POLICE NATIONALE D’HAÏTI SUR LESTRANSLATE THIS

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(The English translation of this letter is below.) BUREAU DES AVOCATS INTERNATIONAUX 3, 2ème rue Lavaud B.P. 19048 Port-au-Prince, Haïti Tel : +5092943-2106/ 07 THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI: WHERE AND HOW DID IT BEGIN? The Cholera Outbreak in Haiti: Where and how did it begin? Daniele Lantagne, G. Balakrish Nair, Claudio F. Lanata and Alejandro Cravioto Abstract In October 2010, DEAR UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL O’BRIEN ! 3 cholera in Haiti, the UN Secretariat has refused to receive Petitioners’ claims, and the UN in Haiti has not established a standing claims commission, thus resulting in a complete

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