Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Developments 2026, 1/11: Capture: The State, the Force and the Vote

Episode 1/11. This series walks through the whole of "Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Developments, March through September 2026", the October 2026 report by the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) and its Haiti-based sister organization, the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI). We begin with the report's big picture: more than 3,300 people killed from January to July 2026, nearly 1.5 million displaced, and a diagnosis of state capture, corruption and impunity as the root causes. We follow the change from the Kenyan-led MSS to the Gang Suppression Force, the record of Prime Minister Fils-Aimé's government, and an election that, the report finds, would leave most Haitians out.

Read the full transcript on Jou: https://jou.rasanblaj.ht/podcast/deep-dive/2026-10-23/transcript