US EditionUN Rights Office Finds Gang Violence and Child Trafficking Deepen Crisis in Haiti
At least 26 gangs in Port-au-Prince recruit children as fighters and informants amid worsening poverty and displacement, with 45% of Haiti’s population under 18, UN reports.
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UN rights office finds gang violence and child trafficking deepen crisis in Haiti
Child trafficking by gangs in Haiti has intensified amid escalating violence and institutional collapse and has placed the country’s long-term stability in jeopardy, according to a report released on Friday by the UN’s human rights office. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) found that gangs are systematically recruiting, coercing, and exploiting children for criminal activities, sexual violence, and forced labour. Th…
Haiti Criminal Groups Trafficking Children Amid State Collapse
Click to expand Image A 17-year-old Carrefour resident, associated with a criminal group, stands on a terrace, gazing out over the horizon in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 2024. © 2024 Nathalye Cotrino/Human Rights Watch A new United Nations report details how criminal groups in Haiti are exploiting the near-total absence of the state, as well as widespread hunger and violence, to recruit children who then face abuse. These criminal groups traffic…
A joint report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (UNIH) reveals the extent of trafficking and exploitation of children by armed gangs. What does the UN report reveal? That the majority of gangs active in Haiti recruit or exploit children, exposing them to violence, kidnapping and abuse. According to the document published on Friday, 26 gangs are curren…
Child trafficking by gangs putting Haiti’s future at risk
GENEVA, CMC – There has been an “alarming increase” in the number of children being recruited into gangs in Haiti with “devastating consequences” for children, families and society as a whole, the United Nations reported on Friday. It said that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country is in the grip of a deepening security, humanitarian and governance crisis and that armed gangs control large swathes of the capital, Port-au-Prin…
"The children of Haiti are being robbed of their childhood and future," said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, who warned of the devastating impact of these practices on children, but also on the stability of the country.
Child trafficking by gangs is putting Haiti’s future at risk - UN report
SWITZERLAND / HAITI – A UN report published on Friday details the brutal and widespread trafficking of children by Haitian gangs, warning their actions threaten not only the wellbeing of today’s children but also of future generations. The report, issued jointly by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), states that most of the 26 gangs currently operating in Haiti are involved in child trafficking. It d…
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