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Haiti Shadow Reports Delivered to UN Human Rights Council

2011-03-30T12:35:27Z

You.Me.We. and its coalition partners in the US and Haiti submitted 13 shadow reports on Haiti’s human rights record to the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva as part of Haiti’s Universal Periodic Review. The reports draw attention to a range of concerns, including inadequate housing conditions, gender-based violence and environmental degradation, and make 147 concrete recommendations for improving these conditions. The government will formally respond to the reports at a hearing before the Human Rights Council in October, and indicate publicly which recommendations it agrees to implement.

Universal Periodic Review: Opportunity to Endorse Human Rights Reports

2011-03-08T03:54:48Z

You.Me.We. is working with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, and the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, to coordinate the preparation of reports on human rights violations in Haiti as part of the Universal Periodic Review of Haiti that will take place before the UN Human Rights Council in October 2011.

Precautionary Measures Granted

2011-03-08T03:27:58Z

November 16, 2010

The Inter-American Commission granted precautionary measures against Haiti in response to a request submitted by You.Me.We., the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, the Bureau Des Avocats Internationaux, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the International Human Rights Law Clinic at American University School of Law. The Commission directed the Government of Haiti to implement a moratorium on forced evictions in the camps, and take other measures to protect internally displaced people from grave and irreparable harm.

Read the Commission's response here.