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Date:
Dec 12, 2022
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Haiti
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A coalition of organizations requested a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to address escalating sexual violence against women and girls in Haiti. As the groups document in the letter, gangs are increasingly using rape as a weapon in the unfolding humanitarian crisis facing the country and the Haitian government has provided no meaningful response. The Commission's attention would underscore the urgency of the situation.
