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24567: Roberts (report) Keeping the Peace in Haiti

M.E. Roberts <meroberts495@netscape.com>


Clinical Advocacy Project
Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/CAP/

March 25, 2005


Report: Keeping the Peace in Haiti: An Assessment of the United
Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Using Compliance with its Prescribed Mandate as a Barometer for Success


Haiti

On February 29, 2004, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left Haiti as
a group of rebels seized Port-au-Prince. Since the opposition has
taken power, it has been alleged that the new government has
committed and condoned serious human rights abuses against Aristide
supporters including arbitrary detentions and extrajudicial killings.
At the same time, Aristide supporters have been accused of violent
attacks on government supporters. Since July, the Brazilian-led
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has been
deployed in the country with a mandate to restore the rule of law and
enforce human rights protections.

A CAP delegation traveled with a Brazilian NGO, the Global Justice
Center, to Haiti to document human rights abuses that are taking
place on MINUSTAH’s watch. A second CAP delegation returned to Haiti
in January 2005 to conduct further on-site research. CAP and the
Global Justice Center interviewed victims and authorities as well as
staff of MINUSTAH, the United Nations, the police, and the current
government. In March 2005, CAP and the Global Justice Center released
a report on their findings entitled "Keeping the Peace in Haiti?: An
Assessment of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Using Compliance with its Prescribed Mandate as a Barometer for Success." 


Haiti Report:

English (2.60 Mb)
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/CAP/Text/Haiti_English_Final.pdf

Português (2.61 Mb)
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/CAP/Text/ Haiti_Portuguese_Final.pdf 

Français (15.2 Kb)
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/CAP/Text/ Haiti_French_Executive_Summary.pdf