Volker Türk: Haiti is hanging over an abyss

In the midst of unbridled violence by armed gangs in the context of deep political and economic crisis, Haiti is "hanging over an abyss," warned Volker Türk, the UN's human rights chief, reiterating his call for the immediate deployment of an international support force in a video conference address to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. "The state's inability to respect human rights has completely eroded citizens' trust. The social contract has collapsed. The current anarchy is a human rights e