Update on Haiti Elections Crisis

We work with the peo­ple of Haiti in their non-violent strug­gle for the con­sol­i­da­tion of con­sti­tu­tional democ­racy, jus­tice and human rights, by dis­trib­ut­ing objec­tive and accu­rate infor­ma­tion on human rights con­di­tions in Haiti, pur­su­ing legal cases, and coop­er­at­ing with human rights and sol­i­dar­ity groups in Haiti and abroad.

IJDH draws on its founders’ internationally-acclaimed suc­cess accom­pa­ny­ing Haiti’s poor major­ity in the fields of law, med­i­cine and social jus­tice activism. We seek the restora­tion of the rule of law and democ­racy in the short term, and work for the long-term sus­tain­able change nec­es­sary to avert Haiti’s next crisis.

Nik is a Haiti solidarity activist from Montréal. With Dru Oja Jay, he co-authored Paved with Good Intentions: Canada’s development NGOs from idealism to imperialism, released in 2012 by Fernwood Publishing. He recently completed a Master’s degree in History at Queen’s University, which focused on Québec’s Chile solidarity movement in the 1970s. He is now a contractor working at IJDH and BAI to fight for Haitian voices to be heard through democratic elections.

Public policy analyst & Social researcher with extensive experience in developmental issues and program management in Haiti. Incoming book: "Causes of poverty in Haiti, the insider look." Interests: Poverty alleviation, Transparency and Accountability in public institutions, Financial management and Black leadership.

Jake Johnston is a Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He is the lead author for CEPR’s Haiti: Relief and Reconstruction Watch blog and has authored papers on Haiti concerning the ongoing cholera epidemic, aid accountability and transparency and the U.S. foreign aid system.