Bay Kou Bliye, Pote Mak Sonje: Climate Injustice in Haiti and the Case for Reparations (2024)

In this report, published by NYU Law’s Global Justice Clinic and UCLA Law’s Promise Institute for Human Rights, we brought attention to the crisis of climate injustice in Haiti. The report outlines the impacts of climate harms on Haitian people and their human rights, the colonial construction of Haiti’s climate vulnerability, and the legal and moral arguments for reparations to advance both climate and racial justice. It also touches on grassroots efforts in Haiti for climate resilience and to advance land rights, environmental justice, and community self-determination.