Haiti December 2021: A Year That Changed Everything
2021 had been the most catastrophic year in Haiti’s recent history — a year in which the assassination of the
Politics
Culture
Haiti Christmas 2021: Finding Hope at the End of the Darkest Year
Christmas Eve 2021 arrived in Haiti at the end of what had been, by any measure, one of the worst
Politics
Haiti 2021: The Year the State Failed Its People
As 2021 drew to a close, the overwhelming verdict of observers across the political spectrum was that the Haitian state
Human Rights
Haiti 2021: Human Rights Catastrophe Documented by UN
The United Nations human rights monitoring operation in Haiti released comprehensive documentation in 2021 of what it described as a
International
Haiti: US Sanctions Imposed on Haitian Officials Over Gang Ties
The United States Treasury Department imposed sanctions on several Haitian officials and political figures in 2021, designating them for their
Humanitarian
Haiti 2021: The Earthquake Recovery That Never Had a Chance
Four months after the August 14 earthquake, the recovery in Haiti’s southern departments was proceeding at a painfully slow pace,
Human Rights
Haiti: International Criminal Court Urged to Investigate Gang Crimes
Human rights organizations and Haitian civil society groups called in late 2021 for the International Criminal Court to consider opening
Humanitarian
Haiti Earthquake Recovery: Where Did the Aid Money Go?
Three months after the August 2021 earthquake, accountability advocates and journalists were already raising questions about the pace and effectiveness
Security
Haiti: Viv Ansanm Coalition Forms, Uniting Rival Gangs
The emergence of coordinated action between previously rival gang networks in late 2021 was one of the most alarming security
International
Haiti November 2021: Calls for International Security Mission Grow Louder
As Haiti’s security situation continued to deteriorate in the final months of 2021, calls for some form of international security