Haiti: The Challenge of Keeping Haitians Safe
USIP hosted a panel of distinguished experts to discuss the various aspects of security - political, economic, personal and criminal - in Haiti.
Haiti’s president-elect Michel Martelly faces a grueling set of immediate requirements: remove the rubble, resettle the people displaced by last year’s earthquake and control the spread of cholera. The most pressing need, however, is providing security. Given the pervasive crime, high rates of gender-based violence and onset of the hurricane season, keeping Haitians safe will be a tall order for the new government. A panel of distinguished experts discussed the various aspects of security – political, economic, personal and criminal – in Haiti.
Speakers
- Thomas Adams, Featured Speaker
Haiti Special Coordinator, U.S. Department of State - Farid Zarif, Panelist
Director, Europe and Latin America Division, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations - Dr. Yasmine Shamsie, Panelist
Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University - Dr. Robert Fatton, Panelist
Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Programs, University of Virginia
- Robert Maguire, Moderator
Chair, Haiti Working Group, U.S. Institute of Peace
Associate Professor of International Affairs, Trinity Washington University - Robert Perito, Introduction
Director, Haiti Program, U.S. Institute of Peace
Explore Further
- Read the related USIP Peace Brief
- Download Ambassador Adams's presentation
- Countries and Regions: Haiti
Related Academy Courses
- Social Reconstruction and Human Security
- Governance and Democratic Practices in War to Peace Transitions
- Supporting Police Reform: Capacity Building for Advisors/Trainers
- Peacebuilding Organizations and Institutions