HAITY Seminar group - 4

Domains of Interest Security Governance Rule of law Economic and Social aspects

Threat analysis External threats – NO Internal threats Vulnerability to natural disasters – earthquake, hurricane, floods Environmental challenges – deforestation High density of the population – low level of medical care Political unrest - Executive power weak, a hostile senate Institutional dysfunction Violent crimes, armed gangs, weapons in private hands Corruption – 50% of GDP lost Poor infrastructure Social unrest – high levels of poverty and unemployment Aid dependence – malnutrition, Lack of education -

Functional analysis GOVERNANCE Permanent Electoral Council (CEP) and Transitory Electoral College (TEC) Executive power – president, prime minister and government (10 ministers) – fragile political landscape Ministry Of Human Rights And Extreme Power Legislature – bicameral National Assembly - Senate and the Chamber of Deputies Judiciary - Court Of Cassation, Court of Appeal, Courts of Peace SECURITY MINUSTAH – main pillar of the security HNP- Haiti National Police – under staffed Haitian Customs Surveillance National Coordination Office For Women Affairs And Gender RULE OF LAW Pre-trial Detention Monitory Committee Superior Council Of Judiciary Unit For The Fight Against The Corruption Organic law for the Office of the Ombudsperson ECONOMIC National Electricity Company

Gap Analysis SECURITY UN (6,270 uniformed personnel + 2,601 police officers) DDR Lack of disaster preparedness Social cohesion understaffed police force Border control – trafficking GOVERNANCE Institutional weakness Deficiency in regulation state mechanisms Lack of decentralization RULE OF LAW Dysfunctional justice, police and prisons cohesive criminal justice system Dependent judicial system SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL Lack of proper sanitation, vaccination – medical care Forestation and agriculture Failing electricity sector - Electricity production v/s use the trees Lack of infrastructure – roads, ports, airfields

SSCB Strategy -Five-E development strategy: employment, état de droit (rule of law), education, environment and energy. -to improve the business climate – to attract investment transferring greater responsibility to the Haitian National Police (HNP) State accountability