CGRS Webinar: Haiti Country Conditions and Key Human Rights Issues Impacting Asylum Claims

Date: 
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Time:
10:00 am to 11:30 am PDT / 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EDT
Registration Deadline:
Monday, September 8, 2025, 12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT
Location: 
Zoom (link provided after registration)

Please join the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) for this webinar addressing country conditions in Haiti.

This webinar will provide an overview of key human rights issues impacting asylum claims, including:

  • Political opinion-based persecution
  • Armed groups and gang violence
  • Gender-based violence
  • LGBTQ+ rights and related challenges

CGRS will be joined by experts on Haiti who discuss how these conditions are considered in the context of asylum law.

Presenters: 
Nixon Boumba, Country Consultant, American Jewish World Service, Haitian Activist
Brian Concannon, Executive Director, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
Nicole Phillips, Human Rights Legal Advisor, Adjunct Professor at UC Law SF
Daniel Tillias, Community Violence Prevention Advocate, Job Power Program Director
Event Type: 
Webinar