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HAITI
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Title:
Haïti - République dominicaine. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
8 June 2017
Title:
Haiti's Political and Economic Conditions: In Brief
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
1 December 2017
Author:
Maureen Taft-Morales
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
1 March 2019
Accessed Date:
11 June 2019
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Accessed Date:
19 June 2013
Title:
Manifestations de rue et Opération de verrouillage : Le RNDDH présente son bilan des événements de février 2019
Source:
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains
Date of Document:
19 March 2019
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Haiti. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
18 June 2019
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
Republic of Haiti. Country of Origin Information Paper.
Source:
Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
Haïti. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Date of Document:
15 February 2019
Accessed Date:
11 June 2019
Title:
Haïti : Aperçu des Besoins Humanitaires, janvier 2019
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
20 February 2019
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Haiti. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2017.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Access to treatment for HIV or AIDS, including support from the public or private sectors, as well as from international organizations; treatment by society of people with HIV or AIDS, especially when they seek treatment and including cases ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2019
Accessed Date:
21 June 2019
Title:
Utilisation des services de santé. Haïti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016-2017).
Source:
Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance; The DHS Program
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Stigmatisation envers les personnes vivant avec le VIH. Haïti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016-2017).
Source:
Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance; The DHS Program
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Haiti. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
19 March 2019
Title:
Haiti. Amnesty International Annual Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 March 2017
Accessed Date:
21 June 2017
Title:
Haiti. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Rapport de mission en République d'Haïti du 26 mars au 7 avril 2017
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 September 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
Haiti. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Rapport sur la situation des droits de l'homme en Haïti. 1er juillet 2015 – 31 décembre 2016.
Source:
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Haiti
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/26/HTI/1
Date of Document:
25 August 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Summary prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21: Haiti
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/26/HTI/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
24 August 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21: Haiti
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/26/HTI/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
26 August 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Bilan Commun de Pays Haïti 2017
Source:
United Nations in Haiti
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Dual citizenship, including legislation; requirements and procedures for former Haitian citizens to re-acquire citizenship (2012-January 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 February 2013
Accessed Date:
19 June 2013
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; legislation
Title:
The availability of official documents since the 12 January 2010 earthquake, including the possibility of obtaining fraudulent identification documents; whether the authorities can issue documents such as birth and death certificates, police reports...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 June 2015
Accessed Date:
29 June 2015
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; medical records; police report
Title:
Dominican Republic and Haiti: Procedures to obtain and renew a residence permit in the Dominican Republic; requirements for citizens of Haiti to enter the Dominican Republic (2013-September 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Information appearing on the national identification card (carte d'identification nationale, CIN) and the position and meaning of this information, including the meaning of the digits in the national identification number; cases in which the...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 June 2015
Accessed Date:
25 June 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; document fraud; identity documents; marriage; nationality
Title:
Whether a person born abroad of Haitian parents, who has renounced Haitian nationality, may recover that nationality; requirements and procedures to reacquire Haitian nationality (2014-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 January 2015
Accessed Date:
29 June 2015
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; legislation; nationality
Title:
Haiti's Constitution of 1987 with Amendments through 2012. Title II: Haitian Nationality.
Accessed Date:
17 June 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a passport in the country and abroad (2014-2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2016
Accessed Date:
23 June 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Haiti. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
The identity sheet, including its use and the procedure to obtain it; whether a standard model exists for the certificate of identity (2015-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 October 2017
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Meaning of the letters 'RL' in the alphanumeric passport code (2016-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 September 2017
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Format of birth certificates issued following the Presidential Order (Arrêté présidentiel) of 16 January 2014, including the information therein; requirements and procedure to obtain these birth certificates (2014-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 October 2017
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Haiti and Venezuela: Status of Haitian citizens who are residents of Venezuela, including rights and obligations (2010-May 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 June 2018
Accessed Date:
21 June 2018
Title:
Appearance of driver's licences and procedure for obtaining and renewing them; fraudulent driver's licences and whether valid licences can be obtained using false information (2016-June 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 June 2018
Accessed Date:
18 July 2018
Title:
Enregistrement des naissances à l'état civil. Haïti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016-2017).
Source:
Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance; The DHS Program
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
The rights and duties of permanent residents, including the rights and duties of individuals who have a permanent visa, such as professors, researchers, highly-skilled technicians and foreign scientists; procedure to obtain or renew a residency permit; grounds for losing permanent residence (2014-May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 May 2016
Accessed Date:
17 January 2017
Title:
Brazil and Haiti: Foreigner identity cards (Cédula de Identidade de Estrangeiro, CIE) issued to Haitian residents, including the purpose of the information indicated on them (2010-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 October 2017
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Whether a permanent resident automatically loses permanent resident status if outside the country for more than two years; recourse available to contest cancellation of permanent resident status (2017-March 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 February 2018
Accessed Date:
30 May 2019
Title:
Law No. 13,445 of 24 May 2017 (Law on Migration) (2017-June 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 June 2019
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Haiti. Election for President of 20 November 2016.
Source:
International Federation of Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Elections in Haiti pose Post-Electoral Crisis
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
10 December 2015
Author:
Clément Doleac, Sabrina Hervé
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
political activities; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Haïti : La situation politique et institutionnelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
4 August 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
The Assembly of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des démocrates nationaux progressistes, RDNP), including political agenda, structure, leaders and documents issued to members; relationship with the government; treatment of members by...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 June 2018
Accessed Date:
26 June 2018
Title:
The Struggling People's Organization (Organisation du peuple en lutte, OPL) political party, including its history, structure, founding members, and past and current leaders; the treatment of its members by the authorities and society (2012-May 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 May 2015
Accessed Date:
29 June 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; country overview; election; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Haiti.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (Ligue alternative pour le progrès et l'émancipation haïtienne, LAPEH), including its structure, leaders and political activities; the relationship between LAPEH and the Youth Progress...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 October 2015
Accessed Date:
8 June 2016
Keywords:
election; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Names of the Fanmi Lavalas party
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 August 2017
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Republic of Haiti. Legislative Election of August and October 2015. Senate.
Source:
Psephos – Adam Carr's Election Archive
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Title:
Haiti. Sénat (Senate).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
10 January 2018
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Republic of Haiti. Legislative Election of August and October 2015. Chamber of Deputies.
Source:
Psephos – Adam Carr's Election Archive
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
political activities; political organizations
Title:
Haiti. Chambre des Députés (Chamber of Deputies).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
11 January 2018
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Haïti - FLASH : Résultats des municipales pour 69 communes sur 140
Date of Document:
12 April 2016
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
political activities; political organizations
Title:
Report to the Permanent Council. Electoral Observation Mission – Haiti. General Elections.
Source:
Organization of American States
Date of Document:
12 September 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
Haïti : Les principaux partis politiques
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 December 2016
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
Le Moniteur. Journal officiel de la République d'Haïti. Décret électoral. Décret portant amendement du décret du 1er juin 2005 relatif à la carte d'identification nationale.
Date of Document:
2 March 2015
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Title:
Haiti's Unrepresentative Democracy: Exclusion and Discouragement in the November 20, 2016, Elections
Source:
National Lawyers Guild; International Association of Democratic Lawyers
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
The Fanmi Lavalas political party, including its leaders, political platform, geographic reach and activities; its relationship with the government; whether the party has ties to criminal gangs
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 February 2017
Accessed Date:
21 June 2017
Title:
The Pitit Dessalines [Pitit Desalin] political platform, including its establishment, structure, founding members and leaders, as well as its program; whether the platform issues membership cards; whether the party's candidates ran in municipal...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 July 2016
Accessed Date:
28 July 2017
Title:
The Tet Kale political party, including structure, leadership, objectives, activities, and documents issued to members (2012-February 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 February 2017
Accessed Date:
17 July 2017
Title:
The Justice Platform (Platfòm Jistis) political party, including its political platform, structure, founding members and leaders, ties to other entities or political parties, and its candidates in the 2015 and 2016 elections; treatment by ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 January 2019
Accessed Date:
17 June 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Haiti. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Décret modifiant le régime des Agressions Sexuelles et éliminant en la matière des Discriminations contre les femmes
Date of Document:
11 August 2005
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
gender equality; legislation
Title:
Violence Against Women in Elections in Haiti: An IFES Assessment
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems - IFES
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
The situation of women who live alone, including those who are not in precarious situations; whether they can access employment and housing; support services available to them (2015-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 October 2017
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Against Their Will: Sexual and Gender Based Violence Against Young People in Haiti
Source:
Doctors Without Borders
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
The 'restaveks'; state protection provided and support offered by NGOs; Voodoo rites to which parents may subject their children (2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 January 2014
Accessed Date:
19 June 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; labour; social services; statistics
Title:
Procedure for obtaining a divorce; how long it takes to obtain a divorce; 'divorce by default' (divorce par défaut)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 January 2009
Accessed Date:
2 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; legal system; legislation; nationality
Title:
Gender Issues Facing Women and Girls
Source:
Bureau des Avocats Internationaux et al.
Date of Document:
22 January 2016
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
election; gender equality; labour; legal system; legislation; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Violence against Women, Trafficking, Prostitution, and Exploitation by UN Peacekeepers
Source:
Bureau des Avocats Internationaux et al.
Date of Document:
22 January 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Haiti
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
9 March 2016
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; election; gender equality; gender-based violence; internal displacement; labour; legal system; legislation; nationality; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Submission on the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Haiti to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 January 2016
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; labour; legal system; legislation; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Haïti : Les violences faites aux femmes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 January 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
Violence domestique. Haïti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016-2017).
Source:
Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance;; The DHS Program
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities and treatment of this group by society and the authorities; legislation, state protection and support services (2012-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 September 2013
Accessed Date:
26 June 2014
Keywords:
gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation; medical records; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Fighting for our Lives: Violence and Discrimination against Women and LGBT Persons in Haiti
Date of Document:
October 2014
Accessed Date:
19 June 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; domestic violence; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture
Title:
Supplementary information on Haiti regarding the treatment of lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) persons and violence against women's human rights defenders
Date of Document:
12 June 2015
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
police/security forces; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Haïti : La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 May 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
The security situation, including crime and kidnappings; measures taken by the government and other stakeholders to fight crime (2014-June 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 June 2018
Accessed Date:
29 June 2018
Title:
Haïti : La situation sécuritaire
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
29 August 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Information on the group Alqaeda, including objectives, membership, and activities; relation of the group with the political party Fanmi Lavalas (2016-May 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 June 2017
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Haiti. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
29 March 2019
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
HAITI: Tier 2. 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
Acts of revenge committed by gangs or by other organized crime entities; ability of gangs or other organized crime entities to track down their targets, including those who return to Haiti after a long absence (2015-June 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 July 2018
Accessed Date:
18 July 2018
Title:
Les événements survenus à La Saline : de la lutte hégémonique entre gangs armés au massacre d'Etat
Source:
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)
Date of Document:
1 December 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Major criminal groups, including their areas of operation, their structure and their activities; state response (2016-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 June 2019
Accessed Date:
21 June 2019
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Types of complaints that victims may file with the police; procedure for obtaining a document certifying that a complaint was filed; description of such a document and whether it must be signed by a judge
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 June 2014
Accessed Date:
26 June 2014
Keywords:
children; crime; legal system; police report; police/security forces
Title:
Fonctionnement de l'appareil judiciaire haïtien au cours de l'année judiciaire 2017-2018
Source:
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains
Date of Document:
27 September 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Le vigilantisme en Haïti : Manifestations des forms non étatiques de protection dans un contexte de crise humanitaire en milieu urbain
Source:
International Institute for Environment and Development et al.
Date of Document:
October 2017
Author:
Robertson Edouard; Arnaud Dandoy
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Le genre dans l'administration pénitentiaire en Haïti
Source:
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Date of Document:
February 2017
Author:
Pulchérie Nomo Zibi
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Peace courts (tribunaux de paix); requirements and procedures for filing a complaint with a justice of the peace and obtaining a copy; effectiveness of this mechanism (2012-May 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 June 2015
Accessed Date:
29 June 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; crime; extralegal executions/killings; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; sexual violence
Title:
Bay tèt yo jistis - Se faire justice soi-même ou le règne de l'impunité en Haïti
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Procedure for filing a civil or criminal complaint in a peace court; police procedure in peace court following a complaint; whether peace court procedures are consistent throughout the country; relations between the police and peace courts (2014-May 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 June 2017
Accessed Date:
29 June 2017
Title:
Prison Civile de Port-au-Prince : Des conditions de détention inhumaines et une explosion du nombre de décès alarmante
Source:
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains
Date of Document:
27 January 2017
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Whether peace court procedures and records (minutes) are consistent across the country; the content, appearance and security features of the records; whether fraudulent records are common (2017-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2019
Accessed Date:
21 June 2019
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
How to obtain a police certificate - Haiti
Source:
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Date of Document:
1 August 2018
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
Crime, including protection available against crime and the effectiveness of that protection, particularly in Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien, Jérémie, Les Cayes and Gonaïves (2016-June 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 June 2019
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
Procedures from the time a criminal complaint is filed until a judgment is rendered (2014-June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 June 2016
Accessed Date:
28 June 2016
Keywords:
crime; judicial efficacy; legislation
Title:
Certificates of filed reports that are issued by the police, particularly in Hinche (Centre department); their appearance and content; whether there is a template for filed reports used by all police stations in Haiti and whether there is one for ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
Accessed Date:
17 June 2019
Title:
Certification issued by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti, MINUSTAH) and the Haitian National Police (Police nationale d'Haïti, PNH) following the “vetting” process ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 December 2018
Accessed Date:
17 June 2019
Title:
Haiti. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Haiti. Critics Are Not Criminals: Comparative Study of Criminal Defamation Laws In The Americas.
Source:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP et al.
Date of Document:
2 March 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Haiti. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
Haïti : Le vodou - Pratiques, langage, structures occultes, instruments de menaces, persécutions et rites
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 January 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race - (No items in this section)
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Whether Haitians who have lived abroad for a long time are at risk if they return to the country; the kinds of risks they might face; whether their return could represent a threat to their families and, if so, what kind of threat their families ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 November 2019
Accessed Date:
30 May 2019
Title:
Documents that a parent must present, and the procedure that a parent must follow in order to travel abroad with his or her minor child without the presence or consent of the other parent
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 February 2008
Accessed Date:
2 November 2012
Keywords:
abduction; children; freedom of movement; legislation
Title:
Temporary Protected Status: Overview and Current Issues
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
29 March 2019
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani. Addendum. Mission to Haiti.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 May 2015
Accessed Date:
20 June 2016
Keywords:
internal displacement
Title:
Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Haiti
Source:
United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Date of Document:
13 May 2019
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Where Are We Going To Live?” Migration and Statelessness in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 June 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
Haïti : Les conflits fonciers
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
Period of authorized stay for holders of visitor visas (B1, B2 and B1/B2) (2016-February 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 February 2018
Accessed Date:
21 March 2018
Title:
Information on refugees resettled in the US by the UNHCR, including status documents provided; ability to study, work, access social security, and travel outside the US; impact of travel outside the US on residency status and ability to ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 April 2017
Accessed Date:
21 March 2018
Title:
Haiti and United States: Whether legal representation is required for persons who apply for asylum in the US; availability of legal aid for asylum applicants, particularly for Haitians, in the states of California, Florida, New Jersey and New York...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 June 2018
Accessed Date:
16 July 2018
Title:
Brazil and Haiti: Situation of Haitians in Brazil, including rights and obligations; permanent resident status; documents issued to Haitians, including Foreigner Identity Cards (Cédula de Identidade de Estrangeiro, CIE); treatment of Haitians...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 June 2018
Accessed Date:
18 July 2018
Title:
Whether holders of Brazilian permanent residence can obtain a number in the Individual Taxpayer Registry (Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas, CPF); requirements and procedures to obtain a number (2016-June 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2019
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
UPDATE: Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador: Key Takeaways and Analysis
Source:
Congressional Research Service
Date of Document:
8 June 2018
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Brazil and Haiti: Whether it is possible for Haitian nationals whose children have Brazilian citizenship to obtain permanent resident status; requirements and application procedure (2017-April 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 April 2019
Accessed Date:
18 June 2019
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 29 March 2019:
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
1 June 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/S/2018/527
Accessed Date:
26 June 2018
Title:
Haiti. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 June 2018
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html
Accessed Date:
14 June 2018
Title:
Haïti. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Date of Document:
9 November 2017
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/amsudant/haiti.htm
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Haiti. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/haiti
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Haiti. Freedom in the World 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2017/haiti
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
Haiti. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Haiti.html
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Haiti. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
URL:
https://www.genderindex.org/country/haiti
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
children; citizenship; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; internal displacement; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Haiti. 2017 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
26 April 2017
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/fcbed0b9-1eda-45a8-b6f4-15f4ae15ebaa
Accessed Date:
22 June 2017
Title:
Haiti: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-trafficking-in-persons-report/haiti/
Accessed Date:
29 June 2018
Title:
Rapport sur le fonctionnement de l'appareil judiciaire haïtien au cours de l'année judiciaire 2016-2017
Source:
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains
Date of Document:
16 October 2017
URL:
http://rnddh.org/content/uploads/2017/10/6-Rapport-Justice-16Oct2017.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
How to obtain a police certificate - Haiti
Source:
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
URL:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/police-certificates/how/haiti.html
Accessed Date:
13 October 2017
Title:
Haiti. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2017-report-on-international-religious-freedom/haiti/
Accessed Date:
22 June 2018
Title:
Temporary Protected Status: Overview and Current Issues
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
17 January 2018
URL:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RS20844.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Haiti
Source:
United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Date of Document:
9 May 2018
URL:
http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status-deferred-enforced-departure/tps-designated-country-haiti
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
5 October 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/S/2017/840
Accessed Date:
26 June 2018
Title:
Haiti. Revised Humanitarian Response Plan January-December 2018.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
January 2018
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/2018_haiti_revised_hrp_2.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2018
Title:
Violence against women, including sexual violence; state protection and support services (2012-June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456977
Accessed Date:
23 March 2017
Title:
Protection provided by the police and effectiveness of the police, particularly in Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien, Jérémie, Les Cayes and Gonaïves (2014-June 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 June 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455973&pls=1
Accessed Date:
29 June 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; gangs; gender-based violence; human rights activists; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Whether Haitians who have lived abroad for a long time are at risk if they return to their homeland; the kinds of risks they might face; whether their return could represent a threat to members of their families and, if so, what kind of threat...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 May 2012
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454014
Accessed Date:
2 November 2012
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; identity documents; labour; penal system; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Manifestations de rue et Opération de verrouillage : Le RNDDH présente son bilan des événements de février 2019
Source:
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains
Date of Document:
19 March 2019
URL:
http://rnddh.org/content/uploads/2019/03/1-Rap-bilan-manifestations-et-op%C3%A9ration-de-verrouillage-19Mar19.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Haïti : Aperçu des Besoins Humanitaires, janvier 2019
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
20 February 2019
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/HNO-Haiti_2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Access to treatment for HIV or AIDS, including support from the public or private sectors, as well as from international organizations; treatment by society of people with HIV or AIDS, especially when they seek treatment and including cases ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457819
Accessed Date:
21 June 2019
Title:
Utilisation des services de santé. Haïti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016-2017).
Source:
Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance; The DHS Program
Date of Document:
July 2018
URL:
https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR326/FR326.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Stigmatisation envers les personnes vivant avec le VIH. Haïti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016-2017).
Source:
Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance; The DHS Program
Date of Document:
July 2018
URL:
https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR326/FR326.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Enregistrement des naissances à l'état civil. Haïti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016-2017).
Source:
Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance; The DHS Program
Date of Document:
July 2018
URL:
https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR326/FR326.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
The rights and duties of permanent residents, including the rights and duties of individuals who have a permanent visa, such as professors, researchers, highly-skilled technicians and foreign scientists; procedure to obtain or renew a residency permit; grounds for losing permanent residence (2014-May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 May 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456846
Accessed Date:
17 January 2017
Title:
Brazil and Haiti: Foreigner identity cards (Cédula de Identidade de Estrangeiro, CIE) issued to Haitian residents, including the purpose of the information indicated on them (2010-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 October 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457262
Accessed Date:
20 October 2017
Title:
Whether a permanent resident automatically loses permanent resident status if outside the country for more than two years; recourse available to contest cancellation of permanent resident status (2017-March 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 February 2018
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457710
Accessed Date:
30 May 2019
Title:
Law No. 13,445 of 24 May 2017 (Law on Migration) (2017-June 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 June 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457818
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
The Justice Platform (Platfòm Jistis) political party, including its political platform, structure, founding members and leaders, ties to other entities or political parties, and its candidates in the 2015 and 2016 elections; treatment by ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 January 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457814
Accessed Date:
17 June 2019
Title:
Violence Against Women in Elections in Haiti: An IFES Assessment
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems - IFES
Date of Document:
May 2018
URL:
https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/violence_against_women_in_elections_in_haiti_may_2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Violence domestique. Haïti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016-2017).
Source:
Institut Haïtien de l'Enfance;; The DHS Program
Date of Document:
July 2018
URL:
https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR326/FR326.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Les événements survenus à La Saline : de la lutte hégémonique entre gangs armés au massacre d'Etat
Source:
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)
Date of Document:
1 December 2018
URL:
http://www.pfhs.ch/massacre_saline.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Major criminal groups, including their areas of operation, their structure and their activities; state response (2016-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 June 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457822
Accessed Date:
21 June 2019
Title:
Whether peace court procedures and records (minutes) are consistent across the country; the content, appearance and security features of the records; whether fraudulent records are common (2017-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457820
Accessed Date:
21 June 2019
Title:
Crime, including protection available against crime and the effectiveness of that protection, particularly in Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien, Jérémie, Les Cayes and Gonaïves (2016-June 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 June 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457830
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
Certificates of filed reports that are issued by the police, particularly in Hinche (Centre department); their appearance and content; whether there is a template for filed reports used by all police stations in Haiti and whether there is one for ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457813
Accessed Date:
17 June 2019
Title:
Certification issued by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti, MINUSTAH) and the Haitian National Police (Police nationale d'Haïti, PNH) following the “vetting” process ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 December 2018
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457815
Accessed Date:
17 June 2019
Title:
Whether Haitians who have lived abroad for a long time are at risk if they return to the country; the kinds of risks they might face; whether their return could represent a threat to their families and, if so, what kind of threat their families ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 November 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457694
Accessed Date:
30 May 2019
Title:
Whether holders of Brazilian permanent residence can obtain a number in the Individual Taxpayer Registry (Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas, CPF); requirements and procedures to obtain a number (2016-June 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457802
Accessed Date:
24 June 2019
Title:
UPDATE: Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador: Key Takeaways and Analysis
Source:
Congressional Research Service
Date of Document:
8 June 2018
URL:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/LSB10070.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 June 2019
Title:
Brazil and Haiti: Whether it is possible for Haitian nationals whose children have Brazilian citizenship to obtain permanent resident status; requirements and application procedure (2017-April 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 April 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457817
Accessed Date:
18 June 2019
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