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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2905(RSP))

On the humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret

B-10-2025-0411

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group · Rapporteur: Catarina Vieira, Mounir Satouri, Maria Ohisalo, Nicolae Ștefănuță, Ville Niinistö

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This resolution addresses the humanitarian and security crisis in Haiti, condemning gang violence and the recent massacre in Cabaret. It calls for justice, humanitarian aid, and a coordinated EU strategy.

Key points

  1. Calls on the transitional government to prioritize justice, humanitarian aid, and reparations for survivors of sexual violence, and to coordinate security measures.
  2. Calls on all Haitian actors to forge a national pact to ensure stabilization and prevent armed group financing and weapons trafficking.
  3. Calls on the EU to support demobilization, reconciliation, and reintegration programs, especially for children, and to address stigma and cycles of revenge.
  4. Calls on the EU to increase support for humanitarian needs and development, with monitoring to ensure funding benefits Haitian people and human rights.
  5. Calls on the EU to adopt a coordinated, long-term strategy with binding commitments and funding, supporting a full-fledged UN mission and Haitian civil society participation.
  6. Calls on the EU to ensure the new Gang Suppression Force has clear funding, personnel, bases, and transparent operations that uphold Haitian sovereignty and human rights.

Who is affected

  • Haitian transitional government and political actors, who are urged to prioritize justice and forge a national pact.
  • EU institutions, called on to provide funding and strategy for security, humanitarian aid, and development in Haiti.
  • Haitian people, especially survivors of sexual violence and children, who would benefit from aid and reintegration programs.

Figures and deadlines

  • Over 4,000 homicides occurred in the first eight months of 2025.
  • Nearly 1.4 million people, half of them children, were internally displaced.
  • The US suspended around 80% of funded programs.