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massacres of indigenous Mayan people during his rule.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/31/haiti-duvalier-ruling-disappoints-justice">Haiti: Duvalier Ruling Disappoints Justice</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 31, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A Haitian judge’s decision to dismiss the case against former president-for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier for grave human rights violations ignores Haiti’s international obligation to prosecute such crimes.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/24/chance-congress-help-haitian-women">A chance for Congress to help Haitian women</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 24, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Haiti desperately needs legal reform on gender-based violence. Haitian law prohibits domestic violence against minors but does not classify domestic violence against adults as a distinct crime. The penal code includes penalties for rape but does not address marital rape. Women and girls cannot seek protection orders from judicial officers.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/17/hope-haitis-women">Hope for Haiti's Women</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 17, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Women's rights is one example of huge problems and work ahead, and yet it also shows why no one should give up on Haiti. Groundbreaking work is being done to promote the rights of women and girls -- who have suffered immeasurably in Haiti's disasters and instability -- through new legislation.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/16/ending-violence-against-women-public-health-imperative">Ending Violence Against Women: A Public Health Imperative</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 16, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Sexual violence causes physical injury, disability, and even death. It can result in sexually transmitted disease, poor reproductive health, unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and depression. The public health community, including local and international health providers active in Haiti, needs to be prepared to handle the health and social consequences of violence against women, and to work to prevent this violence.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/29/stability-haitis-reconstruction-hinges-women">Stability of Haiti's Reconstruction Hinges on Women</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 29, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Conditions have become worse for many Haitian women and girls after last year's earthquake, including access to reproductive health care. Their needs must be considered in every aspect of reconstruction and at each step.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/08/30/haiti-earthquake-recovery-failing-women-and-girls">Haiti: Earthquake Recovery Failing Women and Girls</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 30, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Women and girls in Haiti are facing gaps in access to available healthcare services necessary to stop preventable maternal and infant deaths. Serious gaps in access to healthcare services are harming vulnerable women and girls still displaced after the January 12, 2010 earthquake.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/04/14/haiti-duvalier-prosecution-rendezvous-history">Haiti: Duvalier Prosecution a ‘Rendezvous With History’</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 14, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The prosecution of the former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier represents a landmark opportunity for the Haitian justice system to address some of the worst crimes in Haiti’s past. The 47-page report, “Haiti’s Rendezvous With History: The Case of Jean-Claude Duvalier,” examines the legal and practical questions surrounding the case and concludes that Haiti has an obligation under international law to investigate and prosecute the grave violations of human rights under Duvalier’s rule. The 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.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/03/11/halt-deportations-haiti-pending-full-policy-review">Halt Deportations to Haiti Pending Full Policy Review</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 11, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In the face of the gravity of the current situation in Haiti, the draft policy regarding removals to Haiti is insufficient. It fails to provide a justification for the change in policy based on conditions on the ground and lacks provisions that would ensure due process. We strongly recommend that there be no further deportations to Haiti until ICE fully examines and responds to all comments to this draft policy.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/03/03/haiti-letter-minister-cannon">Haiti: Letter to Minister Cannon</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 3, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">We write to urge Canada to support the government of Haiti in its decision to move forward with the prosecution of the former dictator Jean Claude Duvalier for grave violations of human rights.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/69">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430234507/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430234507/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8585041/k.3E50/Donate_to_Defend_Human_RIghts/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430234507/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130430234507/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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