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2. Human Rights Concerns in Haiti: Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, October 2011 -- Update
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Amnesty International (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Jul 2011
- Published:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 10 p., In this submission, prepared for the Universal Periodic Review of Haiti in October 2011, Amnesty International raises concerns that key institutions for implementing reform of the judicial system have still not been established. The state has failed to provide security forces with adequate training and supervision in relation to the use of force. Haitian law does not provide a protective framework for children's rights. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless by the earthquake; and at the end of 2010, nearly a million people were still living in appalling conditions in camps.
3. Aftershocks: Women Speak Out against Sexual Violence in Haiti's Camps
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Amnesty International (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-01-06
- Published:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 23 p., The January 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti. The risk of rape and other forms of gender-based violence in Haiti's camps has increased dramatically in the past year. This report highlights the protection needs of women and girls in camps against the background of research undertaken by Amnesty International and other organizations on violence against women and girls after the earthquake.
4. Not Doing Enough: Unnecessary Sickness and Death from Cholera in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Bhatt,Keane (Author) and Johnston,Jake (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Aug 2011
- Published:
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 20 p., Cholera is both a preventable and easily cured disease, yet in July-nine months after it was inadvertently introduced into Haiti by UN troops-a Haitian was infected almost every minute, and 375 had died over the course of the month.
5. Migration as a Tool for Disaster Recovery: US Policy Options in the Case of Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Clemens,Michael (Author) and Velayudhan,Tejaswi (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Oct 2011
- Published:
- Center for Global Development
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 4 p., The United States should take modest steps to create a legal channel for limited numbers of people fleeing natural disasters overseas to enter the United States. This would address two related problems: the lack of any systematic US policy to help the growing numbers of people displaced across borders by natural disasters and the inability of US humanitarian relief efforts to reduce systemic poverty or sustainably improve victims' livelihoods. The aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake presents a compelling case study of the administrative and legislative ways the US government could address both problems. Migration is already a proven and powerful force for reducing Haitians' poverty. A few modest changes in the US approach could greatly aid Haiti's recovery.
6. Aid to Haiti: Reconstruction Amidst Political Uncertainty
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Cohen,Marc J. (Author) and Gauthier,Amelie (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Mar 2011
- Published:
- Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estrategicos
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 7 p., Following the 20 March 2011 elections, Haiti faces a potential political stalemate whilst confronting the massive reconstruction needs created by last year's earthquake. Many organizations have criticized the government for its lack of leadership in addressing pressing issues of relief, relocation and reconstruction. This paper analyses the effects of the political situation on aid effectiveness, good governance and the strategies of the international community.
7. Security Sector Reform in Haiti One Year After the Earthquake
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Fortin,Isabelle (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-03-24
- Published:
- Centre for International Governance Innovation
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 13 p., When the January 12, 2010 earthquake hit Haiti, the country was in the midst of a second round of security and justice system reforms supported by the international community. The quake killed hundreds of thousands of people, including some who played a critical role in implementing these reforms. Damaged infrastructure and casualties in key justice and security positions hindered the existing security institutions' ability to respond to the problems caused by the destruction. This paper examines how the security and justice reforms were affected by the earthquake, and the new security challenges faced by the population in the post-earthquake period.
8. Haiti Reconstruction: Factors Contributing to Delays in USAID Infrastructure Construction
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gootnick,David (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Nov 2011
- Published:
- United States Government Accountability Office
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 58 p., On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, resulting in an estimated 230,000 deaths, including more than 16,000 Haitian government personnel, and the destruction of many ministry buildings. Congress appropriated 1.14 billion dollars in supplemental funds for reconstruction, most of which was provided to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State (State). This report addresses infrastructure construction activities, including (1) USAID and State obligations and expenditures; (2) USAID staffing; (3) USAID planning; and (4) potential sustainability challenges USAID faces.
9. Keeping Haiti Safe: Justice Reform
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- International Crisis Group (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-10-27
- Published:
- International Crisis Group
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 19 p., Warns that a dysfunctional justice system continues to pose significant obstacles to the democratic process in a post-earthquake Haiti where security and stability remain fragile.
10. Keeping Haiti Safe: Police Reform
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- International Crisis Group (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-09-08
- Published:
- International Crisis Group
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 19 p., Discusses how Haiti's porous land and sea borders remain susceptible to drug trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities that weaken the rule of law and deprive the state of vital revenue. Post-quake insecurity underscores continued vulnerability to violent crime and political instability. Overcrowded urban slums, plagued by deep poverty, limited economic opportunities and the weakness of government institutions, particularly the Haitian National Police (HNP), breed armed groups and remain a source of broader instability. If the Martelly administration is to guarantee citizen safety successfully, it must remove tainted officers and expand the HNP's institutional and operational capacity across the country by completing a reform that incorporates community policing and violence reduction programs.
11. Post-quake Haiti: Security Depends on Resettlement and Development
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- International Crisis Group (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-06-28
- Published:
- International Crisis Group
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 22 p., Discusses how a year and a half after a deadly earthquake devastated its capital, 650,000 victims still wait for permanent housing in more than 1,000 unstable emergency camps across Haiti as a new hurricane season arrives. If reconstruction is to right the many imbalances that have made Haiti poor and prone to disasters, violence and conflict, it is paramount that the Martelly government set out a resettlement policy rapidly that engages the victims and is less about closing the camps, more about building stable, less violent communities and not only in the capital. The pilot plan for closing six camps and resettling their residents his administration has put forward is an important first step that deserves support, but the most vulnerable camps should be added to it quickly.
12. Analysis of the OAS Mission's Draft Report on Haiti's Election
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Johnston,Jake (Author) and Weisbrot,Mark (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Jan 2011
- Published:
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 4 p., This issue brief reviews a draft report [PDF] on Haiti's November 28, 2010 presidential elections from the Organization of American States' (OAS) "Expert" Mission - which recommends changing the result of the first round of the election. It finds the OAS Mission's report to be methodologically and statistically flawed, and its conclusions to be arbitrary. The brief notes that over 1,300 tally sheets, or about six times the amount thrown out by the OAS, were missing or quarantined; and that these tally sheets would very likely have given a different result from that of the OAS mission. Also, the OAS Mission's report is based on an analysis of just 919 vote tally sheets - without any reported statistical inference -- whereas CEPR counted and analyzed all 11,181 tally sheets from the first round of elections.
13. Haiti's Fatally Flawed Election
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Johnston,Jake (Author) and Weisbrot,Mark (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Jan 2011
- Published:
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 15 p., This report describes the results of an independent recount of vote tally sheets from Haiti's November 28 presidential election. These 11,181 election tally sheets from across Haiti were posted online by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). It finds that for some 1,326 voting booths, or 11.9 percent of the total, tally sheets were either never received by the CEP or were quarantined for irregularities. This corresponds to about 12.7 percent of the vote, which was not counted and is not included in the final totals that were released by the CEP on December 7, 2010 and reported by the press. It also found many more tally sheets that had irregularities in the vote totals that were sufficient to disqualify them, and a large number of clerical errors that further undermines the credibility of the vote count. The report finds that based on the numbers of irregularities, it is impossible to determine who should advance to a second round. If there is a second round, it will be based on arbitrary assumptions and/or exclusions.
14. Haiti's Rendezvous with History: The Case of Jean-Claude Duvalier
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Klasing,Amanda M. (Author) and Brody,Reed (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Apr 2011
- Published:
- Human Rights Watch
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 47 p., This report examines the legal and practical questions surrounding the case of Jean-Claude Duvalier and concludes that Haiti has an obligation under international law to investigate and prosecute the grave violations of human rights under Duvalier's rule. This report also addresses Haiti's capacity to carry out the trial, the question of the statute of limitations, and Duvalier's personal involvement in alleged criminal acts. Tables, Figures.
15. The Organization of American States in Haiti: Election Monitoring or Political Intervention?
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Rosnick,David (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Oct 2011
- Published:
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 14 p., This paper has to do with a question that is important for the future of the Hemisphere: namely, what to do about the Organization of American States (OAS)? On February 23, 2010, heads of state from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean met in Cancun and formed a new organization: the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). It has the same membership as the OAS, but without the United States and Canada, and it includes Cuba.
16. Haiti's National Elections: Issues, Concerns, and Outcome
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Taft-Morales,Maureen (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-07-18
- Published:
- Federation of American Scientists
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 20 p., Haiti has concluded its latest election cycle, although it is still finalizing the results of a few legislative seats. The US provided 16 million dollars in election support through the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Like many of the previous Haitian elections, the recent process has been riddled with political tensions, violence, allegations of irregularities, and low voter turnout. Other issues include the destabilizing presence of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and the newly elected government's ability to handle the complex post-earthquake reconstruction process and its relationship with the donor community.
17. International Affairs: Earned Import Allowance Program for Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Yager,Loren (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2011-11-30
- Published:
- United States Government Accountability Office
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 9 p., The US has historically provided assistance to support development in Haiti. Over the last several years, Congress has attempted to promote Haiti's economic development through the use of trade preferences for Haitian products. In 2000, Congress extended preferences under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to allow for duty-free treatment of apparel through the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA). This report responds to a mandate in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, which requires GAO to review Earned Import Allowance Program (EIAP) annually and conduct an evaluation of the program.
18. Reconstruction Zones in Afghanistan and Haiti: A Way to Enhance Aid Effectiveness and Accountability
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- del Castillo,Graciana (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Oct 2011
- Published:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 16 p., The record of countries coming out of war or chaos is dismal: roughly half of them fall back into crisis. Among the other half, most end up highly aid dependent. The author of this Special Report was invited to develop her proposal for reconstruction zones as a way to jump-start the economies of conflict- and disaster-affected countries in a dynamic and inclusive way, by improving aid effectiveness and accountability. References.
19. Deportation in the Time of Cholera: DHS's Mixed Response to Haiti's Earthquake
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Murray,Royce Bernstein (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- May 2011
- Published:
- Immigration Policy Center
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 6 p., Argues the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians -- and particularly the redesignation of the eligibility period -- demonstrates the best of what the Administration can do using its executive branch authority to improve the quality of people's lives. It demonstrates a commitment to good immigration policy and to "good government" policies such as greater transparency and coordination. In the Haitian context, the Department of Homeland Security should also implement a program to grant humanitarian parole to the estimated 105,000 Haitian already approved as beneficiaries of family-based visa petitions, just as has been done for Cubans under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program.