We fight for the human rights of Haiti’s poor, in court, on the streets and wherever decisions about Haitians’ rights are made. We represent the unjustly imprisoned and victims of political persecution, coordinate grassroots advocacy in Haiti and the US, train human rights advocates in Haiti and disseminate human rights information worldwide.

What's New

[19 Aug 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

The Insti­tute for Jus­tice & Democ­racy in Haiti (IJDH), is seek­ing an expe­ri­enced, moti­vated Direc­tor of Devel­op­ment and Com­mu­ni­ca­tions (DDC) to help the Insti­tute grow …

What's New

[11 Aug 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

IJDH part­ner Jayne Flem­ing, Esq. wrote and pre­sented a res­o­lu­tion call­ing for an improved response to the Haiti earthquake. The res­o­lu­tion was passed unan­i­mously by the American …

 

Action Alerts

[12 Aug 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Half-Hour for Haiti Action Alert: Sum­mer Read­ing
August 12, 2010
Be Part of the Solu­tion for Haiti: Make a Dif­fer­ence in Half an Hour a Week

Updates
Thank you to …

 

Elections 2010: News, IJDH in the News, News

[24 Aug 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By Alice Speri, Chris­t­ian Sci­ence Mon­i­tor
Wyclef Jean’s lawyers announced the hip-hop star is appeal­ing the rul­ing that barred him from run­ning for pres­i­dent. The Haiti …

Elections 2010: News, News

[23 Aug 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By Kevin Edmonds, NACLA
While the pres­i­den­tial can­di­dacy of rapper/entertainer Wyclef Jean in Haiti’s upcom­ing pres­i­den­tial and leg­isla­tive elec­tions has gar­nered much inter­na­tional atten­tion, under­neath the …