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    1. Aftershocks: Women Speak Out against Sexual Violence in Haiti's Camps

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    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.

    2. Keeping Haiti Safe: Police Reform

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    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.

    3. Still Trembling: State Obligation Under International Law to End Post-Earthquake Rape in Haiti

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Davis,Lisa (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Apr 2011
    Published:
    Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    University of Miami Law Review
    Journal Title Details:
    65(3) : 867-892
    Notes:
    Examines how post-earthquake conditions in Haiti have left women and girls in a heightened state of vulnerability as well as the ineffectiveness of the U.N. and government to uphold obligations under international law to include grassroots women's leadership in the planning and implementation sessions to address sexual violence in displacement camps.