April 18, 2012 (American Bar Association)
From March 7–9, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)—in cooperation with the Haitian Ministry of Justice, the National Police Academy, the Magistrate School and the Medico-Legal Research and Action Unit (Unité de Recherche et d'Action Medico-Légale, or URAMEL)—conducted a workshop on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) for 37 judges, justices of the peace, investigative magistrates, prosecutors and police officers.
April 11, 2012 (ABC CBN News)
The teenage boy who was allegedly sexually assaulted by United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti reportedly plans to testify against his attackers.
Fritz Dorziair, a representative for the boy's family, said the teen and his parents will travel to Uruguay -- the home country of his alleged attackers -- for a May 10 court hearing, according to international and local media reports.
March 17, 2012 (The Daily Tribune)
A 155-strong peace-keeping contingent will flew to Haiti yesterday from the Villamor Air Base as part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) commitment to the United Nations (UN) Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah).
March 13, 2012 (Antigua Observer.com)
A Pakistani military tribunal has convicted two United Nations peacekeepers for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy.
U.N. spokeswoman Sylvie Van Den Wildenberg said judges from a Pakistani military tribunal came to Haiti to hold the trial that resulted in the conviction last week of the peacekeepers from pakistan. They were found guilty in the rape of the boy in the northern city of Gonaives on January 20.
March 13, 2012 (Antigua Observer.com)
A Pakistani military tribunal has convicted two United Nations peacekeepers for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy.
U.N. spokeswoman Sylvie Van Den Wildenberg said judges from a Pakistani military tribunal came to Haiti to hold the trial that resulted in the conviction last week of the peacekeepers from pakistan. They were found guilty in the rape of the boy in the northern city of Gonaives on January 20.
March 07, 2012 (Haiti Libre)
The First Lady of the Republic, Ms Sophia Martelly, officially opened yesterday Tuesday, the National Forum on the Issues of Haitian women, which takes place from March 6-8, 2012, at the Historical Park Cof the Sugar cane around the theme "the Haitian woman at a time of national reconstruction"
February 14, 2012 (Miami Herald)
A delegation arrives Monday in Haiti at a time when the relationship between Haitians and the U.N. peacekeeping mission is uneasy.
January 24, 2012 (Google News)
The United Nations may set up a sex abuse blacklist of countries whose peacekeepers will be banned from UN missions, a top official said after two new cases were reported in Haiti.
January 24, 2012 (Human Rights Watch)
Haiti's Ministry of Women's Affairs will soon introduce comprehensive legislation to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls in Haiti. This week, [Monday] members of the US Congress backed this effort by introducing a resolution to support the bill. Representatives from both parties should vote to adopt this resolution.
January 23, 2012 (IPS)
The Caribbean nation of Haiti, still struggling to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake, is once again trying to cope with the sexual abuse of minors by U.N. peacekeepers - for the third time in five years.
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