The Haiti Justice Partnership (formerly the Hastings to Haiti Partnership) advances the rule of law and promotes human rights in Haiti by supporting the country’s legal education and engaging in human rights advocacy. HHP represents a more than two-decade-long collaboration between UC Law SF and École Supérieure Catholique de Droit de Jérémie (ESCDROJ), the first law school in Haiti dedicated to preparing students to serve the public interest. Read more about what we do in Jérémie here.Due to conditions on the ground in Haiti and the COVID-19 pandemic we have been unable to host a delegation to Haiti for several years. Instead, we have turned our attention to supporting Haitian asylum seekers stranded in Mexico. We visited Tapachula, Mexico in 2020 and Tijuana, Mexico in 2022 and 2023. A graduate of ESCDROJ and former judge and prosecutor joined us in Mexico in both years, and also joined us to testify before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in 2023. He also guided ESCDROJ and UC Law SF student efforts in documenting deteriorating conditions in the Jérémie, Haiti prison-released in a report which was cited in UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk's September 25, 2023 report on the human rights situation in Haiti. Over the years, we have also welcomed Haitian visitors to campus virtually and in-person.In 2024, students visited both Tapachula and Mexico City, Mexico to meet with both asylum seekers and officials to help individuals navigate legal processes, and interview individuals about their experiences for public advocacy and education. Students are preparing a report on their findings.To make these projects a reality, the student group raises funds throughout the year to cover the costs of our delegations providing supervised legal assistance to Haitian asylum seekers navigating complex systems in Mexico in hopes of finding protection. Our fundraising efforts also support our colleagues at ESCDROJ and advance the school's priorities. Given deteriorating conditions at the Jeremie prison, we are currently fundraising for ESCDROJ to purchase food for the more than 450 individuals detained at the prison and to cover stipends for the attorneys and students working with the ESCDROJ criminal clinic to file habeas petitions and provide other legal aid.
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Gifts made payable to the Haiti Justice Partnership are tax deductible under the Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)3. The UC Law SF Foundation tax ID number is 23-7135898.
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