"While the Government of Haiti bears the primary duty to protect the economic and social rights of its citizens, donor states and relief agencies must also meet certain standards in carrying out assistance to Haiti. This obligation arises from international law but also from the significant role the international community assumed in providing relief services in Haiti," said Ms. Phillips on September 20, the date of the release of the report.

The report was based on investigations in six survivor camps conducted by a team of researchers, including Ms. Phillips, in July. The full report can be found at http://ijdh.org/archives/14633. For more information, please visit IJDH's Housing Rights Advocacy Project website at http://ijdh.org/housing.

In addition to her work at IJDH, Nicole Phillips is Director of the Haiti and Dominican Republic human rights programs at the Center for Law and Global Justice, University of San Francisco School of Law.

Nicole Phillips will speak at two public forums on October 5-- at the Liu Institute on Global Issues at the University of British Columbia at 3:30 pm , and at 7 pm at Harbour Center, 515 W. Hastings St. She is available for interviews in Vancouver on October 3 and 4, and by phone before then.

For more information, contact Roger Annis of Haiti Solidarity BC at 778 858 5179 or haitisolidaritybc(at)resist.ca.

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