Institute For Justice And Democracy In Haiti Inc

Womens rights work adresses the issues of sexual exploitaiton and abuse (sea) at all levels of haitian society, including by aid organizations and the un as part of the unfoldong debate towards broader issues of the failures of accountability by humanitarian actors in haiti. The work also includes the provision of legal representation to vicitms of sexual and gender based violence, the focus on the rape accountability and prevention project (rapp), which has grown in recent years, employing the only team of full time female haitian lawyers with human rights backgrounds working full time on gender based violance cases.

The social justice lawyer program mentors haitian law graduates over two hurdles to bar admission-comletion of thesis and an apprenticeship - while providing them and other lawyers with specialized training to become effectiv peoples lawyers able to implement a victim-centered approach.

Programming includes advocacy and other work related to Haitis justice system, immigration, cholera accountability, economic justice, and more.