21. MINUSTAH Officers Found Guilty of Rape – But Get Just One Year in Prison
(Matching tags: minustah, human rights)

The UN announced today that three Pakistani officers were found guilty of sexual exploitation and abuse. Although the UN did not discuss many specifics, Reuters reported earlier that two members of the ...

22. Former Dictator Lives the Good Life, as Haitian Government has “Deliberately Stalled” Investigation
(Matching tags: bill clinton, human rights, amnesty international, justice system, duvalier)

... director of Human Rights Watch said when Duvalier returned a year ago, that "Duvalier's return to Haiti should be for one purpose only: to face justice. Under the presidency of Duvalier and his Tonton ...

23. Lack of Adequate Housing Plan “Most Glaring Failure of the Past Year”
(Matching tags: shelter, reconstruction, human rights, forced evictions, ijdh, camp conditions, idps, housing)

... Jeffrey DeLaurentis recently telling the UN Security Council, that “[t]he use of the neighborhood returns approach, instead of mere camp evictions, is the type of humane approach the United States fully ...

24. As U.S. Charge D’Affairs, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund VP Green Lighted Assault on Slum Despite “Inevitable …civilian casualties"
(Matching tags: minustah, human rights)

A January 2006 cable recently made available by Wikileaks describes Haitian business leaders’ efforts to pressure MINUSTAH to crack down on slums, in particular Cite Soleil (site of the July 5, 2005 operation ...

25. Forced Evictions Continue, Despite Public Opposition from Martelly
(Matching tags: shelter, human rights, forced evictions, idps, amnesty)

On July 21, President Martelly declared “my government is against forced evictions,” but as of yet has done little to stop this systematic violation of rights. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ...

26. AP: "Billions For Haiti, A Criticism For Every Dollar"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, usaid, shelter, human rights)

... there are still serious flaws in the relief effort: A half-million homeless received tarps and tents; far more are still waiting under soggy bed sheets in camps that reek of human waste. More than 4.3 ...