MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2026/2702(RSP))
On escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti
B-10-2026-0209
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group · Rapporteur: Catarina Vieira, Maria Ohisalo, Ville Niinistö
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This resolution addresses escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti. It condemns violence, calls for justice, humanitarian aid, and security reforms, and urges the EU to support the Gang Suppression Force with human rights safeguards.¶¶¶
Key points
- Regrets cuts to US humanitarian aid and reduced UN funding, and restrictive measures by the Donald Trump administration, including attempts to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.¶
- Calls on Haitian authorities to prioritize justice, ensure redress and humanitarian assistance, implement coordinated security measures, fight impunity, and hold violators accountable.¶
- Condemns killings and extrajudicial executions during police operations and calls for an assessment of EU support to the Haitian National Police.¶
- Urges authorities to strengthen social protection, ensure safe education, expand psychosocial care, and combat child trafficking and exploitation through better protection, accountability, and victim support.¶
- Calls for timely, survivor-centered care, increased humanitarian funding, support for displaced people, and reintegration of deportees.
- Supports the rollout of specialized judicial units to prosecute mass crimes, including sexual violence, improve detention conditions, and advance justice reforms.¶
- Calls on the EU to support a national Disarmament, Dismantlement, and Reintegration (DDR) policy, including reactivating the National DDR Commission, and to fund demobilization, reintegration, and reconciliation programs, particularly for children formerly associated with armed or criminal groups.¶
- Calls for sustained, predictable international support for the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), including funding, personnel, and technical assistance, and urges the EU to ensure human rights safeguards in GSF operations through stronger monitoring, reporting, and accountability.¶
- Stresses that the GSF must remain effective, transparently governed, respectful of Haitian sovereignty, and attentive to root causes of instability.
- Calls on the EU to increase well-monitored humanitarian and development aid and adopt a coherent long-term strategy supporting security, development, political transition, and civil society participation.¶
Who is affected
- Haitian authorities and people, including displaced persons, deportees, and children associated with armed groups.¶¶¶
- The Gang Suppression Force (GSF) and Haitian National Police, which receive calls for support and oversight.¶¶
- The EU and its member states, called on to provide aid and support with human rights safeguards.¶¶