Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Developments, December 2023 through May 2024

This edition of IJDH's Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti update, published June 2024 and covering December 2023 through May 2024, documents a period in which coordinated gang attacks forced the closure of Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture International Airport and precipitated the collapse of de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government; Henry announced his resignation while abroad, unable to return to Haiti, clearing the way for a Transitional Presidential Council to take office. Armed groups expanded territorial control within and around the capital during this period, worsening displacement and access to basic services, while Haiti's overlapping governance, security, humanitarian and economic crises continued to compound one another. The update situates these events within IJDH's ongoing documentation of human rights violations, government dysfunction, and the humanitarian toll on Haitians, and continues to track the international community's role in both responding to and, the report argues, perpetuating the crisis.