The Réseau National de défense des droits de l’homme (National Network for the defence of human rights, RNDDH) is a human rights organisation based in Port-au-Prince.

RNDDH presents the Training Programme Report 2014. Image credit: RNDDH

It aims to:

• Provide education on human rights issues with a view to reinforcing the capacity of civil society to defend rights;
• Monitor human rights violations and key state institutions with regard to their obligations to protect human rights and defend the rule of law.

Main activities

• Publishing human rights indicator bulletins.
• Providing human rights training for the Haitian police, local organisations and schools, through the 'Education Plus' programme.
• Working to develop human rights networks.
• Working on issues related to minors in conflict with the law.
• Monitoring prisons, the Haitian police, and the Haitian health and justice systems.
• Developing a database of relevant information.
• Ensuring a gender approach to human rights work in Haiti.