International Reporting Project The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
  • Get the Newsletter
  • on YouTube
  • on Facebook
  • on Twitter
  • News Feeds
  • Stories
  • Fellows & Editors
  • About the IRP
  • Donate

Stories

  • Stories
  • Haiti
  • UN attempts tough police reform in Haiti
  • Share this Story
  • Comment
  • Print
  • Reprint

UN attempts tough police reform in Haiti

Fellows Fall 2008

By Ruxandra Guidi

May 26, 2009

Aired on NPR's "Day to Day"

Training a police force in Haiti has been a huge challenge for the United Nations mission there. It's working with the remnants of a force with a notorious legacy of brutality.

 

  • Reader Comments
  • Post a Comment

Tags

More from this Reporter

  • Where To Next?
  • Ecuador Lures Back Its Diaspora With Social Spending and Opportunity
  • Ecuadorian Women Take the Lead as Men Migrate Away
  • Ecuador: Can President Correa’s Popularity Keep Him in Office Indefinitely?
  • A Boon for the Women of Ecuador
  • Press Freedom in Ecuador
  • Ecuador’s Diario HOY Moves Online: A Sign of More to Come in Latin America?
  • Earthquake devastates Haiti
  • Why is Foreign Aid Failing Haiti?
  • Haiti Trash Problem Becomes International Issue
  • Audio Gallery: The Burden of Aid
  • Haitian Loan Program Rewards Advancement
  • Geo Answer: Haiti
  • Global Hit: Haiti’s walking jukebox
  • What does Venezuela want from Haiti
  • Help for Haiti
  • Haiti: How do You Aid a Failed State?

From Other Reporters in This Country

  • FOR G-D SO LOVED HAITI
  • The beauty and mystery of voodoo in Haiti
  • Why Vodou and lesbians get along

Currently Reporting From

  • India, Krithika Varagur
  • Madagascar, Isabelle Mayault
  • Mexico, Geoffrey Giller
  • Thailand, Rebecca Grant
  • Bangladesh, Karin Fischer
  • Guatemala, Sarah Barrett
  • Bhutan, Emily Johnson
  • Serbia, Sophie Cousins
  • Korea, May Jeong
  • Ethiopia, Laura Dean

Reporting Trips

SenegalFall 2017
  • About the Trips
  • Past Trips

Browse by Topic

  • All
  • Arts and Culture
  • Award Winning
  • Conflict
  • Economy & Business
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Social Issues
  • List All Countries
  • Video & Multimedia
  • Blogs
  • News Feeds
  • Award Winning Stories
  • Also Appeared In…

Reader Comments

  • More Comments
  • No Comments
  • About the IRP
  • History of the Project
  • Staff
  • Supporters
New America

The International Reporting Project is based at New America.

Copyright © 2026 International Reporting Project.
All Rights Reserved.