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Date. 7 July 2018. ( 2018-07-07) – present (5 years, 9 months, 1 week and 4 days) Location. Haiti. Caused by. Misuse of loans from Venezuela ( Petrocaribe) and social inequality. Rising taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, and poor living conditions.
2017 in Haiti. 2 languages ... René Préval served as president of Haiti 1996–2001 and 2006–2011. 3 March – René Préval, politician, former president (b. 1943).
Haiti, [c] officially the Republic of Haiti, [d] [e] is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. [18] [19] Haiti is 27,750 km 2 (10,714 sq mi), the third largest country in the ...
- Electoral Crisis
- Criminal Justice System
- Illiteracy and Barriers to Education
- Accountability For Past Abuses
- Violence Against Women
- Children’s Domestic Labor
- Deportation and Statelessness For Dominicans of Haitian Descent
- Key International Actors
Presidential and run-off parliamentary elections in October 2015 were contested, and second-round elections were deferred multiple times. To thwart a constitutional crisis when President Martelly’s term ended on February 7 without an elected successor, Martelly signed an agreement with the president of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies that es...
Haiti’s prison system remained severely overcrowded, with many inmates living in inhumane conditions. According to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, nearly all of the almost 11,000 inmates in Haiti’s national prison system have access to less than one square meter of space and most face 23 hours of confinement a day. Overcrowding is att...
Approximately one in two Haitians age 15 and older is illiterate. The UN independent expert on Haiti said in 2015 that action to eradicate illiteracy is one of the top human rights priorities in Haiti. More than 200,000 children remain out of primary school in the country. The quality of education is generally low, and 90 percent of schools are run...
The Human Rights Committee and the UN independent expert on Haiti have both called on Haiti to continue investigations into financial and human rights crimes allegedly committed during former President Jean-Claude Duvalier’s tenure as president from 1971 to 1986. They have called on Haiti to bring to justice all those responsible for serious human ...
Gender-based violence is a widespread problem. Haiti does not have specific legislation domestic violence, sexual harassment, or other forms of violence targeted at women. Rape is only criminalized according to a 2005 ministerial decree. In March, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women called on Haiti to expedite the ad...
Widespread use of child domestic workers—known as restavèk—continues. Restavèks, most of whom are girls, are sent from low-income households to live with wealthier families in the hope that they will be schooled and cared for in exchange for performing light chores. Though difficult to calculate, some estimates suggest that between 225,000 and 300,...
At least 135,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian migrants working in the Dominican Republic reentered Haiti between July 2015 and August 2016, after Dominican officials deported more than 27,000 people and another 24,254 were deported without official documentation, others fled under pressure or threat. This occurred in accordance with a ...
The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has been operating since 2004 and has contributed to efforts to improve public security, protect vulnerable groups, and strengthen the country’s democratic institutions. The UN Security Council has extended MINUSTAH's mandate through April 15, 2017. In August, prompted by a report of the UN special r...
- 1492 – Spain colonises the island of Hispaniola after the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Two hundred years later Spain cedes the western half to France.
- 1801 – Former slave Toussaint Louverture leads a successful revolt and abolishes slavery.
- 1804 – Haiti becomes independent under former slave Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who is assassinated in 1806.
- 1915 – United States invades Haiti, withdrawing in 1943 but keeping financial control and political influence.
Dec 22, 2021 · A massive magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010 with an epicenter about 25 km (15 mi) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Estimates are that over 300,000 people were killed and some 1.5 million left homeless. The earthquake was assessed as the worst in this region over the last 200 years.
At least 200,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian migrants working in the Dominican Republic re-entered Haiti between June 2015 and May 2017, after Dominican officials deported more...
