Haiti

In the SG’s 2025 annual report on CAAC, Viv Ansanm was listed for the recruitment and use and the killing and maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, and attacks on schools and hospitals. According to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) latest quarterly report, between 1 April and 30 June 2025, at least 26 children were killed (16 boys, ten girls) and seven others were injured (five boys and two girls) in gang attacks and police operations and children continue to be recruited into gangs and “self defense” groups. During this period, at least three boys were kidnapped by gangs. On 14 July, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2785, renewing the mandate of BINUH until 31 January 2026. In October, the Security Council is expected to receive its regular report on the implementation of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti, per SCR 2751 (2024).  The Security Council should:  

• Call on all parties to take immediate and concrete steps to end and prevent rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, ensure survivors have access to comprehensive, gender-sensitive, and age-appropriate response systems and services, and strengthen preventive measures; 
• Urge all armed groups to immediately release all children under 18 from their ranks and end and prevent all child recruitment and use, the killing and maiming of children, their abductions; reiterate that children associated with armed forces and groups should be treated primarily as victims, and their reintegration should be prioritized; encourage the Government of Haiti to fully and consistently implement its 2024 handover protocol on the transfer and reintegration of children allegedly associated with armed gangs and the release of detained children to civilian actors, including through sufficient child protection capacities; 
• Call on the Viv Ansanm coalition to adopt action plans with the United Nations to end and prevent grave violations against children; 
• Call on all parties to allow and facilitate the safe, timely, and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance to affected populations, especially children; 
• Ensure that the national police and the MSS prioritizes and mainstreams the protection of children during all operations, including through capacity-building; supports the release and recovery of children from armed groups and their immediate handover to civilian child protection actors; provides protection to and facilitates access for child protection actors to affected children; and shares with the UN Working Group on CAAC in Haiti information on grave violations against children, as appropriate; 
• Urge donors to swiftly mobilize additional flexible funds to support the humanitarian response in Haiti, including resources for child protection and reintegration programs. 

PANAMA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE CO-PENHOLDERS ON HAITI.

This information is based on Watchlist’s Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – October 2025.