Human Rights

The MINUJUSTH human rights activities focus on three areas of work:

  1. Improved compliance of the State with human rights mechanisms;
  2. Improved capacity of the national human rights institution (Office for the Protection of Citizens - OPC);
  3. Improved capacity of civil society organizations to ensure better promotion and protection of human rights in Haiti. MINUJUSTH will partner with a local “watch dog” NGO to support monitoring, promotion and protection of human rights in critical areas.

During the next two years, MINUJUSTH will provide the OPC with the support it requires to consolidate its position as an oversight institution playing an effective oversight role, guided by the Constitution, allowing MINUJUSTH support functions to national and local institutions, to diminish over time. 

UN peacekeepers conduct a patrol in the volatile neighbourhood of Bel-Air in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince in April 2004. © Sophia Paris / UN / MINUSTAH, 2004

Haiti: A theatre project to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse
As part of the United Nations effort to prevent and eliminate sexual exploitation and abuse by its staff, the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) and the UN agencies in the country have organized a theatre e
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The Victims’ Rights Advocate for the United Nations, Jane Connors, speaking at a press conference in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. © UN Photo/Isaac Billy

Jane Connors, Victims’ Rights Advocate visited Haiti from 22 to 26 April 2018 to learn more about the work done by MINUJUSTH and the UN Country Team to implement the UN Secretary-General’s strategy to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse. © Leonora Baumann / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018

In the photo, Gonave Island situated in the gulf by the same name along the western coast of Haiti. © Stefan Falk / UN / MINUJUSTH Support Centre, 2018

Charlot Jeudy is the President of “Kouraj”, a Haitian LGBTI NGO. © David Nieto / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018

Charlot Jeudy is the President of “Kouraj”, a Haitian LGBTI NGO. © David Nieto / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018

After 14 days of Introductory Dance labs, Kettly Noël young dancers presented an adaptation of her contemporary performance "Tichèlbè": engaged art against gender based violence. © Leonora Baumann / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018

After 14 days of Introductory Dance labs, Kettly Noël young dancers presented an adaptation of her contemporary performance "Tichèlbè": engaged art against gender based violence. © Leonora Baumann / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018

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