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The United Nations warned on Friday that intensifying gang violence in Haiti threatens not only national stability but could also destabilize the wider Caribbean region, following a devastating surge in killings, abductions, and forced displacement across the country.
In the new report published Friday, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the UN Human Rights Office painted a grim picture of violence expanding far beyond Port-au-Prince. Between October 2024 and June 2025, at least 1,018 people were killed, 213 injured, and 620 abducted in the Artibonite and Centre departments, as well as Ganthier and Fonds Parisien. Across Haiti, the death toll during this period reached 4,864.
Ulrika Richardson, the ad interim Head of BINUH and UN Resident Coordinator, stated, “Human rights abuses outside Port-au-Prince are intensifying in areas of the country where the presence of the State is extremely limited. The international community must strengthen its support to the authorities, who bear the primary responsibility for protecting the Haitian population.”
Mass killings have become more frequent, with the October 2024 massacre in Pont Sondé, which left over 100 dead, marking a turning point in the conflict between armed gangs and so-called “self-defense” groups. The violence has since triggered waves of mass displacement, including in Mirebalais, Centre department, where all 100,000 residents fled earlier this year. The crisis in Haiti was already under scrutiny weeks earlier, when Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently urged international stakeholders to address the spiraling violence.
Security responses, including efforts by the Haitian National Police and specialized police units backed by the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, have proven insufficient. The UN noted that the gangs continue to extend territorial control, particularly along routes leading toward the Dominican Republic, posing heightened regional risks of transnational arms and human trafficking. MSS efforts have been hampered by “critical shortfalls in personnel, funding, and equipment. These limitations, combined with political ambiguity in key donor countries such as the US, have placed the mission’s sustainability at risk. The US, which initially pledged $380 million under former President Biden, signaled under President Donald Trump that it would pause foreign assistance efforts.
The latest UN report urged the Haitian government to bolster policing and judicial capacities in compliance with international human rights standards and called for the full implementation of the arms embargo. The UN also urged the international community to maintain BINUH’s operational capacity and strengthen the MSS mission.
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In the new report published Friday, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the UN Human Rights Office painted a grim picture of violence expanding far beyond Port-au-Prince. Between October 2024 and June 2025, at least 1,018 people were killed, 213 injured, and 620 abducted in the Artibonite and Centre departments, as well as Ganthier and Fonds Parisien. Across Haiti, the death toll during this period reached 4,864.
Ulrika Richardson, the ad interim Head of BINUH and UN Resident Coordinator, stated, “Human rights abuses outside Port-au-Prince are intensifying in areas of the country where the presence of the State is extremely limited. The international community must strengthen its support to the authorities, who bear the primary responsibility for protecting the Haitian population.”
Mass killings have become more frequent, with the October 2024 massacre in Pont Sondé, which left over 100 dead, marking a turning point in the conflict between armed gangs and so-called “self-defense” groups. The violence has since triggered waves of mass displacement, including in Mirebalais, Centre department, where all 100,000 residents fled earlier this year. The crisis in Haiti was already under scrutiny weeks earlier, when Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently urged international stakeholders to address the spiraling violence.
Security responses, including efforts by the Haitian National Police and specialized police units backed by the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, have proven insufficient. The UN noted that the gangs continue to extend territorial control, particularly along routes leading toward the Dominican Republic, posing heightened regional risks of transnational arms and human trafficking. MSS efforts have been hampered by “critical shortfalls in personnel, funding, and equipment. These limitations, combined with political ambiguity in key donor countries such as the US, have placed the mission’s sustainability at risk. The US, which initially pledged $380 million under former President Biden, signaled under President Donald Trump that it would pause foreign assistance efforts.
The latest UN report urged the Haitian government to bolster policing and judicial capacities in compliance with international human rights standards and called for the full implementation of the arms embargo. The UN also urged the international community to maintain BINUH’s operational capacity and strengthen the MSS mission.
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