IJDH is the US affiliate of Haitian public interest law firm Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI)...

IJDH is the US affiliate of Haitian public interest law firmBureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI)

Seizing Emerging Opportunities for Social Justice Advocacy

Brian Concannon Jr.

• Build the Rule of Law in Haiti

• Help Haitians Enforce their Basic Rights

• Bring Haitians’ Fight for Justice to the International Community

Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH, www.ijdh.org)

Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti

“Give a man a fish, for a day he eats...Teach a man to fish, for a lifetime he learns that there

are few fish for the poor because large boats from developed countries take the fish offshore leaving poor

countries dependent on imports.”“Teach poor people to enforce their human rights,

they make society more equitable, stable, independent and prosperous for generations.”

Addressing Root Causes


Our Work


Rape Accountability and Prevention Prosecuting Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier

Civil and Political Rights Capacity Building

• Unenforced zoning and building laws precarious structures on vulnerable hillsides

• Unenforced environmental regulations deforested mountains, deadly floods

• Unenforced Political Rights crises, impeded stability and growth


The Disaster Example: When rule of law is weak, natural disasters have unnatural impact

Comparing the Earthquakes: Chile, Japan and HaitiThe Chile earthquake was 500 times stronger than the Haiti earthquake.

Haiti suffered 230 times more mortality.

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250,000 deaths in Haiti

525 deaths in Chile

15,870 deaths in Japan

Earthquake Intensity vs Mortality

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Cholera Death Toll in 2011 (WHO)

Haiti Other Coun-tries (15)

NigeriaCameroonSomalia

8,500 deaths so far, 750,000 sickened since 2010= 7% of Haiti’s population

According to the WHO, Haiti had the most cases of cholera in 2011

Cholera in Haiti


Print Media


Results?

Haitian Civil Society

Response 1930’s

Legal Team

Gov’t of Haiti

US Dept. of State

Print Media


Results? United Nations

Response 1960’s


Legal Team

Gov’t of Haiti

US Dept. of State


Response 2008


Legal Team


Print Media Results?United Nations

Gov’t of Haiti

US Dept. of State

Large Non-Profits


Universities

Non-Haitian NGO

Parlement Haïtien

US Dept. of State

Gov’t of Haiti

Documentary 400,000 Views

Scientists Public Health/Medical

Community

Haitian-American Community

Legal Team

Int’l Law Experts

UN Member States

US Congress

Today


United Nations

Media

30,000 Petition Signers


Universities

Non-Haitian NGO

Parlement Haïtien

US Dept. of State

Gov’t of Haiti

Documentary 400,000 Views

Scientists Public Health/Medical

Community

Haitian-American Community

Legal Team

Int’l Law Experts

UN Member States

US Congress

Today


United Nations

Media

30,000 Petition Signers

Results!

Thank you for your interest in justice in Haiti

www.ijdh.org or www.HaitiJustice.org

http://www.ijdh.org/

http://www.haitijustice.org/

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