Haiti

Population Statistics

10,110,019

Total Population

1,516,503

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

23 July 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Electoral Decree (2015)

Updated: September 2015
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Constitution of Haiti (1987, last amended 2012)

Updated: September 2015
   
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Law on the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (2012)

Updated: September 2015
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Audits on Election Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in Haiti

Audits on Election Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in Haiti

Updated: April 2017
In 2014 and 2015, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) trained disabled people's organizations (DPOs) in Haiti to conduct a number of election access observations, with the support of ...
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Voter Education for Local Elections

Voter Education for Local Elections

Updated: January 2017
In January 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mainstreamed persons with disabilities into voter education materials ...
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Advocating for Change and Voting

Advocating for Change and Voting

Updated: January 2017
In January 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mainstreamed persons with disabilities into voter education materials ...
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Local Elections for Development

Local Elections for Development

Updated: January 2017
In January 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mainstreamed persons with disabilities into voter education materials ...
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Voting without Discrimination

Voting without Discrimination

Updated: November 2016
In 2016, voter education ads were produced in Haiti ahead of the November first-round elections. The ad campaign promoted elections inclusive of women and persons with disabilities. This ad in ...
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Inclusive Mock Elections

Inclusive Mock Elections

Updated: November 2016
On November 15, 2016, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) organized pilot mock elections in three high schools in Haiti. The mock election exercise was led by IFES Civic ...
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Processing the Ballot

Processing the Ballot

Updated: May 2016
In Haiti, inclusive educational posters written in Haitian Creole were created in January 2016 by the Provisional Electoral Council and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems to help explain what happens to ballots after ...
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