Where Our Work Has Appeared

Gangs tighten grip in Haiti amid uncertainty over new force. - Jacqueline Charles

On Tuesday, [Keith] Mines joined Velbab-Brown and Wolf Pamphile, the founder of Haiti Policy House, a Washington-based think tank focused on policy solutions, for the panel discussion.

Haiti Reels as Trump Severs a lifeline. - Frances Robles

Sick children, families and businesses are among the many people in Haiti, a country plagued by gang violence, likely to be hit hard by a U.S. travel ban.

Haiti: ‘It’s Not Back to Where We Started — It’s Worse’ - Frances Robles

The country’s security situation has deteriorated even further since Monday when at least three planes were shot at, forcing the closure of its main airport.

Can This Doctor Tapped to Run Haiti Save the Country? - Frances Robles

Haiti’s new prime minister is a trained gynecologist who experts say is more policy expert than seasoned politician. Many Haitians are counting on him to quell rampant gang violence.

Last line of defense? How vigilante groups are transforming Haiti’s security landscape. - Sandra Pellegrini, María Fernanda Arocha

Gang violence and state responses dominate discussions about Haiti’s security crisis, but vigilantism is playing a growing role in the country.

Haiti in-depth: The new Gang Suppression Force and what it means for Haitians - Daniela Mohor

Who will fund it? Which countries will troops come from? How will it coordinate with the police and other actors? What role will Erik Prince's private drone fleet play? These are just some of the questions facing Haiti's new Gang Suppression Force (GSF).

Haiti seeks a plan to emerge from the abyss: How to resuscitate the economy amid the country’s worst security crisis - Ana Puentes

Development banks are preparing investment programs in infrastructure, social services, and private sector support for a possible de-escalation of violence. But the reality is that the situation is worsening

A Strategic Opening: Fighting Haiti's Criminal Insurgency -
This report concludes that Haiti is not facing a conventional crime problem but an entrenched insurgency. The country sits at a tipping point: Without rapid, coordinated, and adequately funded international action, Haiti risks fully transitioning into a criminally governed state with profound regional consequences. To reverse this trajectory, the report offers a tiered set of near-term, medium-term, and long-term policy recommendations for the U.S. interagency, regional partners, and the incoming GSF.

Mission de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour la Paix En Haïti (MONUPEH): A UN-Led Peacekeeping Operation for Haiti -

Haiti’s multidimensional crisis cannot be resolved through gang suppression alone. While the transition from the Multinational Security Support mission to the Gang Suppression Force addresses urgent security needs, Haiti’s instability is sustained by a deeper political-economic equilibrium linking gangs, predatory elites, weak institutions, and a captured state. The Capstone team was tasked with developing a politically feasible and operationally ready framework for a future UN led peacekeeping operation that could bridge immediate security gains to sustainable, Haitian-led recovery.

Did Haiti’s turmoil catch the diaspora on its back foot, again? - Fritznel D. Octave

As Haiti's critical situation became headline news, the Haitian diaspora appeared caught off guard, underscoring the urgent need to establish structures that promote proactive leadership, enhance negotiation power and foster trust.

Fearsome gangs are ruling Haiti with a cruel ransom strategy, but where are they getting their weapons? - Carrington Clarke and Bradley McLennan, Phoebe Hosier and Emilie Gramenz

The forgotten conflict: Humanitarian crisis in Haiti deepens amid intense gang wars - Kazim Alam

Haiti’s spiraling humanitarian crisis – triggered by relentless gang wars – has become a silent call for help in a world turned deaf by screaming headlines.

Reconciling International Intervention with Haitian-Led Solutions - Albert Trithart

In this interview, Gloria Blaise, Ph.D., [Former] Director of Research Development at Haïti Policy House, discusses how the MSS mission has been received so far in Haiti and how the mission could build trust with Haitian communities.

Fair electoral process in Haiti will strengthen regional alignment. - Websder Corneille

The April 30th, 2026 event featured IU-CLACS Director, Dr. Diana Ojeda and featured Dr. Robert Fatton (University of Virginia), Wolf Pamphile (Haiti Policy House) and Dr. Greg Beckett (University of Western Ontario).

Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Developments

This reporting period saw a further increase in violations of the right to life and security of the person that the government has been unable or unwilling to control, and in which it is increasingly complicit. Over 8,000 people were killed in 2025, and nearly 1.5 million are displaced. Armed groups continued to consolidate their control over large parts of the country, formalize their networks of checkpoints and extortion schemes, and use extreme brutality to assert their dominance over the population. Haiti’s police remain weak and largely ineffective at controlling armed group violence.

Over 450 Organizations Urge the Biden Administration to Extend TPS for Haiti - Human Rights Watch

Joint Open Letter to Demand Restitution for Haiti’s “Independence Ransom” from France

Fifty-eight feminist, human rights, and civil society organizations from Haiti and around the globe sent an open letter to new Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) President Laurent Saint-Cyr demanding urgent action to secure the rights of Haiti’s women and girls. The letter is also available in English, French and Haitian Creole.

1001: Haiti | Out of the Loop -

Haiti Policy House founder Wolf Pamphile is here to explain why... he remains optimistic about Haiti’s future.