Resources page prepared by Geneviève Paul,
Bac. en Relations internationales et droit international (BRIDI), 3rd year, UQAM
Intern, The Rights & Democracy Network
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Instruments Documents Who is doing what Action area
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News
News
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) - Press Releaseshttp://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minustah/press.html
Listservs
ReliefWeb via Email - Daily list of documents by Countryhttp://www.reliefweb.int/viaemail/#daily
Nchrhaiti-presse - The National Coaliton for Haitian Rights (NHCR)
http://nchrhaiti.org/mailman/listinfo/nchrhaiti-presse_nchrhaiti.org
Instruments
International
For the Record: The UN Human Rights System - Haiti - Human Rights Internet (HRI)
http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2003/vol4/haiti.htm
UN Security Council - Resolutions
http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions04.html
Regional
Situation in Haiti : Strengthening of Democracy, Resolution from the General Assembly of the Organization of American States
http://oashaiti.org/AGRES.2058.HTM
Support for Strenghtening Democracy in Haiti, The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, CP/RES. 822 (1331/02), September 4, 2002
http://www.oas.org/OASpage/Haiti_situation/cpres822_02eng.htm
Documents
Publications
Canada bolsters support to Haiti, Press Release, July 18, 2004
http://www.acdicida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf
"As Delivered" Statement by Gilbert Laurin, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations to the Humanitarian Liaison Working Group on the Crisis in Haïti, New York, March 9, 2004
http://www.un.int/canada/s-09Mar2004Laurin.htm
Governance for Human Development, A Major Challenge for Sustainable Human Development in Haiti, Human Development Report: Haiti 2002
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/detail_reports.cfm?view=669
Statement by CARICOM Heads of Government on Haiti, CARICOM, December 8, 2002
http://www.caricom.org/archives/haiti-caricom.htm
Haiti : strategic approach, Canadian International Development Agency
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/webcountry.nsf/VLUDocEn/Haiti-Strategicapproach
Rights and Democracy
News Release : Canada must address lack of legitimate authority in Haiti, September 2004
http://www.dd-rd.ca/frame2.iphtml?...
Haiti : A Bitter Bicentennial, Report of a mission by Rights & Democracy, September 2003
(PDF) http://www.dd-rd.ca/frame2.iphtml?...
Joint Statement by International Human Rights Organizations on Haiti, Press Release, February 5th 2001
http://www.nchr.org/hrp/joint_statement.htm
Who is doing what ?
Without borders
Médecins sans frontières - MSF in Haiti
http://www.msf.org/countries/index.cfm?indexid=22D11C31-BEC7-11D4-852200902789187E
Institutions / NGOs
Amnesty international - Haiti
http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-hti/index
National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) - English Connection
http://nchrhaiti.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=12
Development Gateway - Haiti
http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/index?country_iso=ht
United Nations
UN Peacemaking and Preventive Action - Haiti
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/prev_dip/americas_europe/haiti/fst_haiti.htm
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minustah/index.html
Intergovernmental Organisations
L'Organisation des États Américains (OÉA) - L'OÉA en Haïti
http://oashaiti.org/nouveau.htm (available only in French)
L'Organisation des États Américains (OÉA) - Mission spéciale en Haïti
http://oashaiti.org/mission.htm (available only in French)
Canadian Departments and Agencies
Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) - Haiti
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/latinamerica/haiti-en.asp
Canadian International development Agency (CIDA) - Haiti
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cidaweb/webcountry.nsf/VLUDocEn/Haiti-Overview
Individuals
John Humphrey Freedom Award : La Plate-forme des organismes haïtiens de défense des droits humains (Haïti) 1993
http://www.dd-rd.ca/frame2.iphtml?...
Action Area
Action Now !
Urgence Haïti - CECI (Centre canadien d'étude et de coopération internationale)
http://www.ceci.ca/index.htm (available only in French)
Haiti Flood Emergency - Care International
http://care.ca/work/emergency/haiti/haiti_e.shtm
Médecins du Monde vient en aide à la population de Gonaïves - Communiqué - Formulaire de dons
http://www.medecinsdumonde.ca/communique-urgencehaiti.htm (available only in French)
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November 1, 2004, to March 30, 2005
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