GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (28 November 2023) - A new UN report out today details a further, shocking rise in gang violence in Haiti as criminal gangs forge alliances and expand to rural areas previously...

Port-au-Prince (October 31, 2023) Mesye dam bonjou (Greetings everyone). Allow me to begin by thanking the authorities for their support for my mandate, BINUH for the welcome and support they have...

GENEVA/PORT AU PRINCE (20 October 2023) – William O’Neill, the UN Expert on Human Rights in Haiti, will visit Haiti from 23 October to 1 November. This is his second visit since his appointment by the...

Mr Vice-President, Excellencies, Colleagues, I am deeply concerned by the continued and widespread deterioration of the human rights situation in Haiti and its impact on the region. The magnitude of...

GENEVA (28 September 2023) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, today issued a clarion call for a multinational security support mission to help the Haitian National Police (HNP)...

“I am extremely alarmed by the decision of the Government of the Dominican Republic to close its land, sea and air border with Haiti. I urge the Government to reconsider its decision which will have...

Reports from Haiti this week have underscored the extreme brutality of violence being inflicted on the population and the impact it is having on their human rights. On the night of 14-15 August, a...

GENEVA (3 August 2023) – A UN expert today expressed grave concern about a violent attack targeting Haitian Judge Wilner Morin, whose vehicle was fired upon in the capital Port-au-Prince a few months...

New York, 5 July 2023 Good afternoon, everyone and thank you for coming. My name is William O’Neill, and I am the United Nations Expert on Human Rights in Haiti. I recently spent 10 days in Haiti on a...