Human Rights Assessment in Parc Jean Marie Vincent, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Cullen,Kimberly A. (Author) and Ivers,Louise C. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Published:
    Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Health and human rights
    Journal Title Details:
    12(2)
    ISBN:
    1079-0969
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Economic conditions, Social conditions, Human rights, Households, Earthquakes, Natural disasters, Homelessness, Government agencies, Basic needs, Surveys, Internally displaced persons, Medical service, Disaster relief, Standards, Sanitation, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti
    Notes:
    The Sphere Project, "Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response," identifies the minimum standards to be attained in disaster response. From a human rights perspective and utilizing key indicators from the Sphere Project as benchmarks, this article reports on an assessment of the living conditions approximately 12 weeks after the earthquake in Parc Jean Marie Vincent, a spontaneous IDP camp in Port-au-Prince.

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