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- Security
Joint Statement by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and UNICEF Haiti on the Secretary-General’s 2025 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict
Port-au-Prince, 13 July 2026 - The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and UNICEF welcome the inclusion of three additional armed gangs operating in Haiti -Gran Grif, Kraze Barye and 400 Mawozo- in the annexes…
Haiti: More than 1,600 people killed in the first quarter of 2026, a human rights situation that remains extremely worrying
Port-au-Prince, 8 May 2026: According to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), during the first quarter of the year (January–March 2026), at least 1,642 people were killed and 745 others injured. “Despite…
Visit of the Designated Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti Mr. William G. O’Neill
Good afternoon and thank you for being here. I have just returned from a 10-day visit to Haiti to assess the human rights situation in the country. I saw glimmers of hope: some territory liberated from gang control, a…
International Women’s Day 2026 | Joint Statement by the United Nations in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, 8 March 2026 – On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2026, all entities of the United Nations System in Haiti call for concrete actions to fully ensure the political, economic and social rights of women…
- Human Rights
Child trafficking by gangs is putting Haiti’s future at risk - UN report
GENEVA (20 February 2026) – A UN report published on Friday details the brutal and widespread trafficking of children by Haitian gangs, warning their actions threaten not only the wellbeing of today’s children but also of…
- Press Releases
- Governance
BINUH statement on the end of the mandate of the Transitional Presidential Council
Port-au-Prince, 9 February 2026 The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) takes note of the end of the mandate of the Transitional Presidential Council on 7 February 2026. BINUH encourages all stakeholders to…
- Press Releases
- Human Rights
Haiti: The human rights situation remains extremely worrying in the fourth quarter of 2025, with nearly 6,000 deaths and more than 2,700 people injured over the year.
Port-au-Prince, 30 January 2026: According to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), during the fourth quarter of 2025 (October–December), at least 1,523 people were killed and 806 others injured. Over the…
- Press Releases
Haiti: At least 1,520 people killed in violence during the second quarter of 2025
Port-au-Prince, August 1, 2025 During the second quarter of 2025, the human rights situation in Haiti remained extremely worrying. Criminal groups expanded and intensified their attacks outside of Port-au-Prince, particularly…
- Press Releases
Spreading gang violence poses major risk to Haiti and Caribbean sub-region, UN human rights report warns
GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (11 July 2025) – Escalating gang violence outside Port-au-Prince has claimed over 1,000 lives and forced hundreds of thousands to flee since October 2024, threatening to destabilise not only Haiti but…
- Press Releases
UN Special Representative Patten urges for immediate action as sexual violence surges amid gang violence in Haiti
Press Release: For Immediate Release New York, 04 June 2025: The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG-SVC), Ms. Pramila Patten, expresses grave concerns over the escalating…