UNHCR Resources on the Conditions in Haiti


On March 20, 2024, UNHCR published International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing Haiti. This document can be found here.

On November 3, 2022, UNHCR released a non-return statement for Haiti, which calls on all states to suspend forcible returns of people to Haiti. The statement can be found here.

Additional UN bodies have released statements regarding conditions in Haiti, including the following:

  • UN Inter-agency statement (30 September 2021), available here.
  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) statement on gang violence (14 October 2022), available here.
  • UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) treaty bodies statement (1 November 2022), available here.
  • OHCHR statement (3 November 2022), available here.
  • Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on deportation of Haitians from Dominican Republic (10 November 2022), available here.

Further information will be shared as it becomes available.

Last Updated: 19 April 2024