France announces a joint commission to examine the indemnity’s history and impact

Haiti’s Law No. CL/2014-0010 was published in the official gazette Le Moniteur on 2 June 2014. It established measures to prevent trafficking, prosecute offenders, and protect survivors, addressing...

The U.S. Department of State’s 2023 Trafficking in Persons report, published 15 June 2023, documented ongoing forced labor in child domestic service, commonly called restavek, and criticized the...

On 28 May 2024, UNICEF reported that children constituted an estimated 30–50 percent of members of armed groups in Haiti, exposed to coercion, abuse, and exploitation. The finding connects the...

On 25 November 2024, UNICEF said recruitment of children into armed groups in Haiti had risen by 70 percent in one year. The agency linked the increase to escalating violence and described children as...

A decree published in Haiti’s official gazette on 17 April 2025 created the Comité National Haïtien de Restitution et Réparation (CNHRR). Its mandate is to develop economic, financial, legal, and...

A Haitian presidential decree published on 8 August 2025 named historian Gusti-Klara Gaillard Pourchet as co-chair of the Haitian side of the Franco-Haitian historians’ commission and set out its...

On 8 September 2025, Haiti’s transitional presidential council formally installed the CNHRR, moving the committee created by the April decree into active public work. The committee’s mandate links...