(2024-09) Situation of Human Rights in Haiti - Interim Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/57/41) (Advance Edited Version)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) • 2024 • 16 pages

Summary — Interim OHCHR report to the Human Rights Council documenting gang violence in Haiti from late February to July 2024, including killings, kidnappings, sexual violence, vigilante attacks, displacement and the collapse of basic services.

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Key Findings

OHCHR documented at least 2,652 people killed and 1,280 injured by gang violence and at least 893 kidnappings between 1 January and 30 June 2024, with more than 91 percent of killings and injuries in the West Department. Gangs united under the Viv Ansanm coalition attacked at least 22 public institutions, 16 police stations and two prisons, freeing more than 4,600 detainees. Reported gender-based violence survivors rose from 250 to 1,543 between February and March 2024, with sexual violence accounting for 75 percent of reported crimes. Displacement reached 580,000 people by June 2024, 52 percent of them children, while 1.6 million people faced emergency-level acute food insecurity.

Full Description

Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 55/24, this interim report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights covers the period from 29 February to 1 July 2024. It describes how most rival gangs of the capital joined the Viv Ansanm coalition in late February 2024 and conducted coordinated attacks on State institutions, including the international airport, the National Port Authority, at least 22 public institutions and 16 police stations, and two prisons from which more than 4,600 detainees escaped. OHCHR documented at least 2,652 people killed and 1,280 injured by gang violence and at least 893 kidnapped between 1 January and 30 June 2024, alongside a quintupling of reported gender-based violence survivors, growing child recruitment, and 287 people killed in the Bwa Kale vigilante phenomenon. The report reviews the humanitarian consequences, including 580,000 internally displaced persons, 1.6 million people facing emergency-level food insecurity and a health system near collapse, and assesses implementation of prior recommendations, the deployment of the Multinational Security Support Mission and measures against arms trafficking and impunity.

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Geography

Time Coverage

2024-02 — 2024-07

Keywords

A/HRC/57/41, OHCHR, Human Rights Council, gang violence, Viv Ansanm, kidnapping, sexual violence, Bwa Kale, internal displacement, Multinational Security Support Mission, food insecurity, human rights

Entities

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Human Rights Council, BINUH, Viv Ansanm, Jimmy Chérizier, Multinational Security Support Mission, Haitian National Police, Village de Dieu, Kraze Baryè, World Food Programme, UNICEF

Notes

UN document A/HRC/57/41; ayitistats wave B; HR mandate-holder report; dedupe vs OHCHR holdings