La soumission visait à fournir des informations supplémentaires au Comité des droits de l'homme pour son examen du deuxième rapport périodique soumis par l'État haïtien lors de sa 112e session en octobre 2014. Le rapport a examiné le respect par Haïti de ses obligations en vertu du PIDCP et a documenté les violations de plusieurs articles de la Convention concernant les femmes, les filles et les personnes LGBT en Haïti.

The submission aimed to provide supplementary information to the Human Rights Committee for its consideration of the second periodic report submitted by the Haitian State at its 112th Session in October 2014. The report examined Haiti’s compliance with its obligations under the ICCPR, and documented violations of several articles of the Convention regarding women, girls, and LGBT people in Haiti. The report also includes a series of recommendations for the government of Haiti on concrete measures the State can take to fully uphold and protect the rights of these individuals.

This publication provides an overview of a French study that attempts to cover all relevant information on sex workers in Haiti and describes distinct characteristics of this industry. This area of research is extremely underrepresented in Haiti and there exist only a couple of NGO’s in the country that openly support and defend sex workers. The main highlights of discussion in the study include: the social perceptions of sex workers, how and why women enter this sector of work and how sex workers mobilize to defend their needs and rights.