1. Inter-American Commission Grants Protection to IDP Camp Facing Eviction
(Matching tags: human rights, forced evictions, ijdh, idps, amnesty, housing)

... With his private security forces and the Haitian police, Pastor Joel Jeune has orchestrated and participated in violent, forced evictions of displaced families living inside Grace Village.”  ...

2. Haiti’s Increasingly Hidden Displacement Disaster
(Matching tags: aid distribution, reconstruction, forced evictions, displacement, idp, housing)

Over the next month, Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch blogger and CEPR International Research Associate, Jake Johnston will be in Haiti following up, on the ground, many of the issues this blog has ...

3. On Human Rights Day, Forced Evictions Underscore How Hundreds of Thousands in Haiti Are Denied Their Right to Decent Housing
(Matching tags: human rights, forced evictions, idps, housing)

Dozens of Haitian and international organizations have marked UN Human Rights Day today by calling for an end to forced evictions, which, as Oxfam notes, “infringe on other rights in addition to the right ...

4. Forced Evictions Remain Constant Threat as Permanent Housing Solutions Lag
(Matching tags: human rights, evictions, forced evictions, housing)

Nearly three years after the earthquake of January 2010, durable housing solutions remain nonexistent while tens of thousands remain at risk of forced evictions. According to the International Organization ...

5. Official Displaced Population Decreases, but Where Are They Going?
(Matching tags: shelter, iom, forced evictions, idps, housing)

... is attributed to a combination of forced removals, rental subsidies and voluntary departures, but it is not clear where the bulk of the people have gone or if their living arrangements are better than ...

6. As NGOs Begin to Pull Out of IDP Camps, Access to Clean Water Deteriorates
(Matching tags: aid distribution, sanitation, iom, ngos, forced evictions, care, american red cross, idp, crs, camp conditions, housing)

Water quality as well as access worsened in December as free water distribution service was discontinued and NGOs continued shifting their operations out of IDP camps, according to a water assessment by ...

7. 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)

Last Thursday, Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald reported on Haitian President Michel Martelly’s plan, announced some time ago, to return inhabitants of six IDP camps back to 16 neighborhoods, known ...

8. 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 ...

9. Haiti: From Bad to Worse, Because of Policy Decisions
(Matching tags: elections, fanmi lavalas, relocation, forced evictions, decentralization)

Mark Schuller, who has written extensively on the role of NGO's in Haiti, and who has been providing invaluable information on the ground since the earthquake, writes today about missed opportunities and ...

10. Moratorium on Forced Evictions
(Matching tags: relocation, forced evictions)

On April 17 International Action Ties, via the Haiti Response Coalition, called for an immediate suspension of forced evictions. The group called on authorities to respect the human rights of displaced ...