There is a dearth of information in the public domain about what gold mining entails, what challenges it poses, what opportunities it presents, and what it may mean for communities and the country as a whole. The purpose of this Report is to help fill that gap.

The Kolektif Jistis Min, the Observatoire Mega-Projet, the Global Justice Clinic of New York University School of Law, and a journalist (“the requesting parties”) have requested a general interest hearing to direct the attention of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (“IACHR”, “InterAmerican Commission”) to the situation of the right of access to information in Haiti.

Le Kolektif Jistis Min, l'Observatoire Mega-Projet, la Global Justice Clinic de la New York University et un journaliste haïtien [« les soussignés »] ont sollicité une audience à caractère général afin d'attirer l'attention de la Commission interaméricaine des droits de l'homme [« CIDH », « Commission interaméricaine »] sur la situation du droit d'accès à l'information en Haïti.

(WASHINGTON, D.C. March 17, 2015)—Today, two Haitian civil society groups, the Justice in Mining Collective and the Megaprojects Observatory, testified to the social, environmental, and political costs of the lack of transparency surrounding the development of the tourism and mining industries in Haiti.