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Weekly Report - 27 July 2017 (WR-17-29)

HAITI: Moïse moves on military pledge

Haiti’s defence ministry has launched a recruitment campaign for the armed forces (FAd’H), which had been disbanded in 1994 by former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1991, 1994-1996, 2001-2004). President Jovenel Moïse, who took office in February, had made clear his plans to re-establish the military, an initiative for which his predecessor and political mentor Michel Martelly (2011-2016) had been pushing on the grounds that it would create the conditions for the withdrawal of the United Nations (UN) Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (Minustah) which is due to be finalised in October. However, the initiative remains contentious due to the FAd’H’s previous human rights record as well as calls for the money to be spent instead on strengthening the police (PNd’H).

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