Haiti: The governments of Haiti and El Salvador must ensure that the deployment of Salvadoran military personnel respects human rights

Countries: Haiti, El Salvador Source: Amnesty International Following clarification by Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, that the vast majority of Salvadoran military personnel recently deployed to Haiti are not part of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), authorized by the UN Security Council, and therefore fall outside the mandate and monitoring mechanisms of the United Nations Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH), Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “The Prime Minister of Haiti, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and the President of El Salvador,