With Haiti facing one of the most severe security crises in the Western Hemisphere due to gang rule and political instability, causing mass displacement and death, experts note the Caribbean country needs cooperation between its government and global actors to create a strategy toward instilling peace and stability on the island.

According to the most recent quarterly report from the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), as of June 30, 1.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes.

Per the report, 1,520 people were killed and 609 were injured due to gang-led attacks, the initiatives of unorganized self-defense groups and security forces’ operations. Deaths and injuries in Port-au-Prince, where 90% of the city is under gang rule, accounted for 77% of these death

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