Group calls on the Government of Haiti to respect human rights and comply with its obligations under the Inter-American Convention by respecting the rights of displaced people
Amid reports that Haiti was spared a dead-on hit by Hurricane Tomas, it came to light that thousands of people still stranded in displacement camps after the Jan. 12 earthquake refused calls from Haitian President Renée Préval to evacuate. At Camp Corail-Cesselesse, where thousands of Haiti's homeless were transported months ago, aid workers arrived with instructions for residents to pack up, board a truck and make their way out. Almost 8,000 residents live in the camp, but only a few hundred agreed to evacuate. The others refused, and with hostility mounting, the aid workers turned and left.
[T]he Commission expresses its deep concern about sexual violence against women and girls in Haiti, and the existence of a practice of illegal forced evictions from camps for internally displaced persons, which particularly impacts women and children. The Commission recommends that the State of Haiti adopt a moratorium on such evictions until a new government takes office.
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