11.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Haiti UN rape: Alleged victim in Uruguay court"

Haitian man who says he was raped by Uruguayan marines in Haiti in September 2011, has testified in a closed hearing; the marines have already spent several months in custody [ID 216634]

07.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Haiti: UN envoy welcomes parliament's confirmation of new premier" , Author: UN News Service

Laurent Lamothe appointed new prime minister [ID 215875]

02.05.2012 - Source:International Organization for Migration

"IOM Figures Show Dramatic Fall in Numbers Living in Haiti Camps"

The number of people living in displacement camps in and around Port au Prince has declined by 14 percent to an estimated 421,000 since February 2012 [ID 215565]

03.04.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Haiti: Jean Dominique, twelve years of impunity [AMR 36/002/2012]"

On 3 April 2000, Jean Léopold Dominique, journalist and executive director of Radio Haiti Inter was shot dead; 12 years later investigations are not completed; the investigation has been beset by violence, inactivity, threats against the examining magistrates, delays, and the loss of all the evidence and files during the January 2010 earthquake [ID 213263]

23.03.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Radio Boukman resumes broadcasting two weeks after director's murder"

Port-au-Prince: Staff of Radio Boukman resumed broadcasting on 20 March, 15 days after its director-general, Jean Liphète Nelson, was shot dead [ID 212947]

17.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Haiti violence on the rise: rights group" , Author: Agence France-Presse

According to the National Human Rights Defence Network (RNDDH), 147 people have been killed since the beginning of 2012, most of them in Port-au-Prince [ID 212526]

15.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Shelters don't shelter Haiti's needy" , Author: Inter Press Service

Article on emergency shelters and people continuing to live in tents or makeshift huts [ID 212007]

13.03.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Two Pakistani UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy"

2 UN peacekeepers from Pakistan sentenced by Pakistani military tribunal to one year in prison and sacked from the army for raping a 14-year-old boy in Haiti [ID 212006]

06.03.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Cité Soleil in mourning for murdered community radio station manager"

Port-au-Prince neighbourhood of Cité Soleil: Radio journalist Jean Liphète Nelson killed by 4 gunmen on 5 March; so far, there is no evidence that his killing was linked to his work [ID 211590]

05.03.2012 - Source:Reuters

"Haiti's Martelly wants camps of ex-soldiers cleared" , Author: AlertNet

President Michel Martelly ordered government officials to find ways to clear several sites around the country being occupied by ex-members of armed forces [ID 211524]

29.02.2012 - Source:UN Security Council 

"Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti [S/2012/128]"

Report of the Secretary-General on the political and security situation as well as the humanitarian situation in Haiti [ID 212361]

23.02.2012 - Source:Reuters

"Haiti's homeless face housing lottery" , Author: AlertNet

Port-au-Prince: Since the earthquake in 2010 some 17,000 people are living at the Champ de Mars camp; according to the government, building new homes and restoring neighbourhoods is a priority, a task the IOM estimates will take up to 5 years [ID 211523]

10.02.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent plan needed to tackle housing crisis in Haiti"

More than 2 years the earthquake, an estimated 500,000 people live in camps and most are under continual threat of forced eviction [ID 210064]

09.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Haitian leaders call for land and housing rights" , Author: Grassroots

2 years after the January 2010 earthquake community-based organisations call for land and housing rights [ID 210133]

07.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Haiti Camp Closures Contingent on Funding Shelter Alternatives: IOM" , Author: International Organization for Migration

Article on the closure of camps and strategies to protect rights of the displaced [ID 210126]

02.2012 - Source:US Social Security Administration 

"Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas 2011"

Overview of social security system (old age, disability and survivors; sickness and maternity; work injury; unemployment; family allowances) [ID 211614]

31.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Duvalier Ruling Disappoints Justice"

According to reports, an investigative judge ruled on 30 January that former president-for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier should not stand trial for murder, assassination, torture and corruption under his rule [ID 210207]

31.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Baby Doc avoids human rights abuse charges in Haiti"

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier will only be charged with corruption despite allegations of murders, disappearances and torture [ID 210688]

31.01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Dropping Jean-Claude Duvalier case 'a disgrace'"

Port-au-Prince: Criminal case against the former President Jean-Claude Duvalier for alleged crimes against humanity was dropped [ID 210052]

31.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Former Haitian leader must face charges for human rights abuses, says UN"

Former president Jean-Claude Duvalier may not be charged with any human rights crimes, despite numerous complaints by victims to the prosecutor [ID 210123]

22.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"World Report 2012"

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2011 [ID 208856]

16.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Displaced Mark a Tragedy That Could Have Been Yesterday" , Author: InterPress Third World News Agency

Article on the humanitarian situation and developments since the January 2010 earthquake [ID 208428]

16.01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Haiti failing to bring Jean-Claude Duvalier to justice"

Former president Jean-Claude Duvalier continues to evade justice, one year after authorities launched an investigation into crimes against humanity committed under his rule; Duvalier returned to Haiti in January 2011 after 25 years in exile in France [ID 209364]

11.01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Haitian authorities forcing quake victims into homelessness"

Hundreds of thousands of people living in makeshift camps remain at risk of illegal forced evictions and other human rights violations, 2 years after the 2010 earthquake; in recent weeks, authorities have continued a series of forced evictions of camps in public spaces around the capital Port-au-Prince [ID 208378]

11.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Haiti quake victims stuck in a time warp" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Port-au-Prince: 2 years after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, almost 520,000 survivors still live in 800 camps around the capital [ID 208420]