Haiti's Anti-Gang Force Should Expand Human Rights Protections

Haiti's Anti-Gang Force Should Expand Human Rights Protections

A new Gang Suppression Force (GSF), approved by the United Nations Security Council on Oct. 1 to address the escalating violence in Haiti, is in the process of taking over from the smaller Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission. The new force faces a daunting challenge that the MSS mission clearly was ill-equipped to address: gangs control 90 percent of the capital and are expanding to other regions, using mass killings, extorti…