CETRI
At the end of May 2021, echoing the international Stop Silence Haiti campaign, the European Parliament adopted an emergency resolution on the political, social and humanitarian situation in Haiti.
Since then, the situation has further worsened with the rise of armed gangs and the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on 7 July 2021. Haiti is sinking deeper into a multi-faceted crisis every day. Insecurity has exploded and become widespread, more than 40% of the population suffers from hunger, impunity continues to prevail, and a government without legitimacy operates as if nothing had happened. Yet, the international community seems to be pursuing the same strategy that has failed in the past.
For its part, Haitian civil society has been protesting since 2018 and converged, at the end of August 2021, around a programme advocating a « breakthrough transition. ».
This webinar was an opportunity to have an exchange of views between Haitian civil society organisations, representatives of the European Union and civil society in Europe.
The discussion focused on the modalities of this « breakthrough transition » but also on EU’s relations with Haiti.
With :
- Rosy Auguste Ducena, (Human Rights Defender, Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH))
- Magali Comeau-Denis (Member of the Montana Agreement Monitoring Office, actress and former Minister of Culture)
- Vélina Charlier (Anti-corruption group « Nou pap dòmi »)
- Sylvie Tabesse (Head of the EU delegation in Haiti)
- Moderated by : Caroline Roose, Member of the European Parliament, Greens/EFA and Frédéric Thomas (Tricontinental Centre, CETRI)
