Six months behind schedule, the U.S. Department of State released its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices last week. In its section on Haiti, the report highlighted a rise in extrajudicial killings by police and warned that gang violence has worsened significantly, spreading into areas previously free from conflict.
As noted in the Miami Herald's coverage, the report details a deepening security crisis implicating both armed gangs and state forces in widespread human rights abuses. It criticized Haitian authorities for failing to protect civilians, attributing much of the unrest to a breakdown in public institutions and law enforcement capacity.
