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Confirmation of a new prime minister by Haiti’s parliament provides an opportunity to rectify previous missteps and begin moving Haiti toward a peaceful and prosperous future.
This report is based on the panel presentation and the views expressed at a public forum hosted by USIP’s Haiti Program on February 15, 2012 discussing justice in Haiti and the path forward for judicial reform.
The monthly Haiti Newsletter provides updates on the current situation, highlights of USIP's field work, events, multimedia, publications, and news about Haiti.
Under pressure from President Martelly, Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned after only four months in office, plunging the country into another political crisis. We asked Robert Perito, director of USIP's Haiti Program, what happens next in the western hemisphere's poorest nation?
The monthly Haiti Newsletter provides updates on the current situation, highlights of USIP's field work, events, multimedia, publications, and news about Haiti.
Since Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, women have played a vital role in their country’s response to the catastrophe. This Peace Brief, by USIP's Robert Maguire, discusses the pivotal roles women are playing in matters of family, education, health, commerce and the economy, and agriculture.
The monthly Haiti Newsletter provides updates on the current situation, highlights of USIP's field work, events, multimedia, publications, and news about Haiti.
Rep. Donna Edwards, Democrat of Maryland, and others spoke at USIP on the importance of rebuilding Haiti and the role women should play.
Former USIP Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Louis-Alexandre Berg, who recently returned from a trip to Haiti, provides an update on the political situation and Haitian President Michel Martelly’s plans to rebuild the conflict- and disaster-prone country.
Robert Maguire, Chairman of USIP's Haiti Working Group, analyzes the various aspects of security – political, economic, personal and criminal – in Haiti.
This report was commissioned by the United States Institute of Peace’s Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding and Haiti Working Group. It examines the role of Ushahidi, a crisis-mapping platform, in the disaster relief effort following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Latest from USIP on Haiti
- May 7, 2013 | In the Field
USIP’s Project Coordinator Amanda Munroe worked with participants in the Future Generations Graduate School during the third of the partnership’s international academic residential sessions from March 31 to April 7, this time in Jacmel, Haiti.
- April 9, 2013 | Publication
Despite common perceptions of Haiti as a place of chaos, violence, and crime, a movement called konbit is looking to spur community-driven change.
- March 25, 2013 | Event
Haiti’s president and parliament appear deadlocked in another effort to form a Permanent Electoral Council in the manner prescribed in the country’s complex 1987 constitution. On March 25, USIP convened a panel of distinguished experts to discuss the challenges of governing Haiti and holding elections in a timely manner.
- January 11, 2013 | Publication
Marking the third anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, USIP Program Director Robert Perito warns that broken promises and chronic underfunding threatens to undermine the progress the country has made.
Current Situation
The parliament's approval of a new government in May marked a new chapter for Haiti. The swearing-in of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and his cabinet ended the political deadlock in place for most of the last year. Although challenges remain, the Haitian government is poised to begin addressing the major issues facing the country... | Read more
- Robert Perito, Director, USIP Haiti Program
In the Field
USIP works to promote reconciliation and reconstruction in Haiti through on-the-ground training in at-risk communities and nationwide legal reform.
- USIP conducts training in conflict resolution with community leaders in Haiti in partnership with the National Democratic Institute.
- USIP has teamed up with Digital Democracy to train women activists in Haiti to monitor and report violence in their communities.
- USIP is supporting Haiti's effort to reform its legal codes utilizing USIP's Model Codes for Post-Conflict Justice.
- USIP supported Ushahidi, Inc.'s efforts to provide crisis mapping during post-conflict relief and reconstruction.
Events
USIP hosts the only regular public forums in Washington, DC on current isues in Haiti. These panel discussions and roundtables bring together U.S. and Haitian officials as well as experts, practitioners, and interested members of the public to discuss developments in Haiti and in U.S.-Haitian relations.
- Justice for Haiti (February 15, 2011)
- Reconstruction and the Role of Women (November 29, 2011)
- Conflict, Cops and Recovery in Haiti (October 12, 2011)
- The Challenge of Keeping Haitians Safe (May 25, 2011)
Multimedia
- Read past issues of "USIP on Haiti," a monthly electronic newsletter | Sign up to receive "USIP on Haiti"
- Browse USIP's archive of brief and in-depth reports on Haiti
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Photo Exhibition: The following photographs were featured in an exhibition at USIP. The images were taken by Haitian women with low-cost digital cameras and and depict their lives in the tent encampments around Port-au-Prince in the months following the January 2010 earthquake. These women were trained by Digital Democracy on how to utilize photography, blogging, and other forms of media to highlight issues in their communities and advocate for policy change. To see more photos, click here.
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