3/31/2025 – Our friends on the ground at the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) describe a dire reality:
“Conditions have drastically deteriorated from what had already been a catastrophic situation, even as the transitional government and international responses have floundered. Armed groups continue to entrench and expand their operations. Police remain unable to adequately confront them and the deployment of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) has offered little tangible benefit. Displacement and hunger have skyrocketed even as medical care and other critical services have dwindled. But guns continue to illegally come in thanks to U.S. policy failures. Haiti’s future is being consumed in the violence, embodied by the impact on Haitian children, who suffer privations more acutely and are being systematically forced into armed groups. In the absence of state protections, civilians, sometimes jointly with police officers, have been using increasingly vicious means of attacking suspected armed group members themselves. By many accounts, the situation for people in and around Port-au-Prince is worse than any in living memory.”
For the past 20 years, IJDH has fought for justice and democracy in Haiti by supporting grassroots activists organizing, helping survivors of gender-based violence secure justice, and advocating for resources to address Haiti’s escalating crisis.
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