The situation in Haiti is "cataclysmic" with 1.554 dead in the first three months of this year - the United Nations warned today, indicating that "porous borders" facilitate the supply of weapons and ammunition to rebels who, increasingly more powerful than the police, are fighting to overthrow the government.
Haiti, which has long been in crisis, is gripped by mass violence, and several armed groups are fighting to overthrow the power of the Prime Minister, Ariel Henri, who accepted to resign in exile on March 11.
The future Presidential Council, which is due to take over power, pledged on Wednesday to establish order and democracy.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Folker Tirkje, wrote in the report that corruption, impunity and bad governance have undermined the rule of law in Haiti and brought state institutions to the brink of collapse.
He stated that the number of people killed and wounded in fights, robberies and prolonged violence has increased significantly since 2023, when 4.451 killed and 1.668 wounded were registered. In the first three months of this year, 1.554 were killed and 826 wounded.
In parallel with the strengthening of gang violence and the weakening of the police, "self-defense brigades" appeared that "distribute justice".
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There were at least 528 cases of lynching in 2023, and 59 this year. Some murders were spontaneous, while others were encouraged, supported or facilitated by police officers and members of the anti-government fighting coalition G9 and its allies, the report says.
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