The quarterly report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (from January to March 2024) reports at least 82 children victims of human rights violations. These Haitian children were killed or injured during clashes between police and armed civilians. In response, the leaders of the “Komite Pwoteksyon Timoun Site Letènèl (KPTSL)” call on the UN to crack down on violators and state authorities who do not guarantee the rights of the child.
THE HAITI FACTOR, April 27, 2024._ The “Komite Pwoteksyon Timoun Site Letènèl (KPTSL)” says it welcomes the quarterly report on the human rights situation in Haiti from January to March published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Following the publication of the report, the KPTSL said it urges the Haitian authorities of the OHCHR to take concrete measures to reduce social inequalities, human rights violations and reduce the suffering of the Haitian population in particular, in areas affected by violence. armed groups.
The KPTSL says it notes in the report that between the months of January and March 2024, the Human Rights Department of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) documented 2,505 people victims of murders and injuries. It is also written in the document that men represent 79% of victims, women 18% and children 3%.
This reflects an increase of more than 53% compared to the previous period (October-December 2023), making the first three months of 2024 the most violent period since BINUH established its human rights mechanism in Haiti. .
“This situation is unacceptable and unforgivable in a country where we speak of the rule of law,” denounce the protectors of children’s rights.
The latter drew the attention of state authorities to the 82 child victims of human rights violations killed and injured during clashes between armed civilians and the PNH, according to the report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. “This clearly signifies the flagrant violation of United Nations resolution 1612 that Haiti had adopted,” they lament.
Thus, the KPTSL encourages the United Nations High Commissioner in Haiti to advocate to the United Nations Secretariat in Haiti, to demand the application of sanctions against state authorities who should be the primary guarantors of the rights of all. citizens, but not accomplices or offenders.
Consequently, the KPTSL calls on the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner in Haiti to take action against human rights violators without any exclusion.
THE HAITI FACTOR (LFH)
