15 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 |
[P] (617) 652-0876 [F] -- |
http://ijdh.org/ [email protected] Ashley Armand |
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INCORPORATED: 2004
Printable Profile (Summary / Full) EIN 03-0541424 |
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Organization DBA |
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti IJDH |
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Former Names | -- |
Organization received a competitive grant from the Boston Foundation in the past five years | No |
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Mission StatementMORE »We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates. We support the Haitian people in their struggle to achieve universal human rights, access to a just legal system, social justice, a society without violence, and the right to participate fully in choosing their government. Using models like the US civil rights movement, we are active in the courts, both in Haiti and internationally, in the streets and in poor neighborhoods. We work in partnership with grassroots movements, to transform the structural injustices that stand in the way of stability and prosperity for the majority of Haitians. |
Mission StatementWe are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates. We support the Haitian people in their struggle to achieve universal human rights, access to a just legal system, social justice, a society without violence, and the right to participate fully in choosing their government. Using models like the US civil rights movement, we are active in the courts, both in Haiti and internationally, in the streets and in poor neighborhoods. We work in partnership with grassroots movements, to transform the structural injustices that stand in the way of stability and prosperity for the majority of Haitians. |
Fiscal Year | Apr 01, 2015 to Mar 31, 2016 |
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Projected Income | $1,500,000.00 |
Projected Expense | $1,300,000.00 |
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We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates. We support the Haitian people in their struggle to achieve universal human rights, access to a just legal system, social justice, a society without violence, and the right to participate fully in choosing their government. Using models like the US civil rights movement, we are active in the courts, both in Haiti and internationally, in the streets and in poor neighborhoods. We work in partnership with grassroots movements, to transform the structural injustices that stand in the way of stability and prosperity for the majority of Haitians.
INTERNATIONAL
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IJDH and BAI are pursuing a claim on behalf of victims of a cholera epidemic recklessly introduced into Haiti by UN Peacekeepers. We are seeking: 1) provision of water and sanitation infrastructure, 2) compensation for their losses, and 3) a formal apology. Adequate water and sanitation in Haiti would save over 30,000 lives in a decade. Since 2010, over 9,000 Haitians have died from and over 750,000 have contracted cholera. |
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Budget | $200,000.00 |
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Category | Crime & Legal, General/Other |
Population Served | Poor,Economically Disadvantaged,Indigent Victims People/Families of People with Health Conditions |
Program Short-Term Success | The UN has invested tens of missions of dollars in healthcare, water, and sanitation in Haiti since IJDH filed its legal claims, and has agreed in principle to support the water and sanitation infrastructure necessary to control the epidemic. We will continue to educate the International Community on the cholera epidemic through meetings with officials, submission of written opinion pieces, online video campaigns and live demonstrations. More current and former UN officials, international law experts, human rights advocates, students, donors, etc. will join us in calling for cholera justice. |
Program Long-Term Success | If the cholera campaign is won either via the lawsuit or as a result of other advocacy, it would overhaul Haiti’s piecemeal water and sanitation systems, providing sustainable access to these services for millions. The campaign would also result in compensation for victims’ losses and reaffirm the dignity of Haitians’ lives through a UN apology. Taken as a whole, the cholera campaign stands to establish a global precedent for accountability. |
Program Success Monitored By | a) Concrete progress in the lawsuit, including the establishment of a standing claims commission or other fair mechanism for evaluating the cholera victims’ claims; b) concrete progress towards the provision of a comprehensive water and sanitation infrastructure in Haiti; and c) the application of pressure on the UN through press work, demonstrations and participation in conferences. |
Examples of Program Success | Successes so far include:
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Year after year, BAI and IJDH have defended human rights defenders, freeing and protecting people who were wrongfully detained or imprisoned. This includes activists and lawyers who are threatened, harassed, and arrested. Every activist or lawyer freed or defended is another voice back in the fight to advance Haiti, knowing that the risks they take are mitigated by BAI’s and IJDH’s readiness to step in. | |
Budget | -- |
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Category | Crime & Legal, General/Other |
Population Served | Poor,Economically Disadvantaged,Indigent Latin America & the Caribbean |
Program Short-Term Success | Getting individual human rights defenders and activists out of jail and back on the streets fighting for justice |
Program Long-Term Success | A Haiti that is safe for human rights defenders and activists, with no more attacks against them |
Program Success Monitored By | A decrease in the number of attacks against human rights defenders and activists |
Examples of Program Success |
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Through its intensive training program, BAI is preparing the next generation of public interest lawyers to work alongside Haiti’s grassroots movements to compel fundamental social change. Most Haitian law graduates will never become lawyers—the exceptions are usually those with wealth or connections. BAI challenges that norm by providing intensive mentoring and apprenticeships for law graduates committed to becoming social justice lawyers. BAI’s trainees work side by side with BAI’s all-Haitian legal staff. BAI and IJDH are also part of a global network that connects trainees with allies fighting similar fights around the world. | |
Budget | -- |
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Category | Crime & Legal, General/Other Legal Services |
Population Served | Poor,Economically Disadvantaged,Indigent |
Program Short-Term Success |
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Program Long-Term Success | A Haitian justice system full of lawyers who are committed to human rights and helping the poor enforce those rights |
Program Success Monitored By |
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Examples of Program Success | Past BAI trainees have gone on to serve as top judges, prosecutors and ministry officials in Haiti; with human rights groups; and in international tribunals and public interest law organizations throughout the world. |
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Budget | -- |
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Category | Crime & Legal, General/Other |
Population Served | Poor,Economically Disadvantaged,Indigent |
Program Short-Term Success |
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Program Long-Term Success |
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Program Success Monitored By | Duvalier: Garnering explicit support for the prosecution from governments in the International Community, especially the U.S. government, and strengthening collaborations amongst Haitian and international groups who are trying to advance the prosecution. |
Examples of Program Success | Successes include:
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IJDH and BAI joined with grassroots groups in Haiti and international partners to launch the Rape Accountability and Prevention Project (RAPP) to respond to the influx of rapes against poor women and girls in the wake of the January 12, 2010 earthquake. RAPP provides individual victims of sexual assault the legal services they need to obtain justice and compensation, while working with allies in Haiti and abroad to transform the social context that underlies the vulnerability of all poor Haitian women to assault. The Project also aims to deter future rape by punishing the perpetrators and forcing a more effective response by law enforcement and the justice system. RAPP includes four closely integrated components: legal advocacy, health care, organizing, and public advocacy. |
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Budget | $80,000.00 |
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Category | Crime & Legal, General/Other Sexual Assault Prevention |
Population Served | Females Victims Poor,Economically Disadvantaged,Indigent |
Program Short-Term Success | Our short-term goals are to:
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Program Long-Term Success | Our long-term goals are to:
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Program Success Monitored By | -- |
Examples of Program Success | - |
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CEO/Executive Director | Mr. Brian Concannon Jr., Esq. |
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CEO Term Start | Mar 2004 |
CEO Email | [email protected] |
CEO Experience | Mr. Concannon co-managed the Bureau des Advocats Internationaux (BAI) in Haiti for eight years, from 1996–2004, and worked for the United Nations as a Human Rights Officer in 1995–1996. He founded IJDH, and has been the Director since 2004. He helped prepare the prosecution of the Raboteau Massacre trial in 2000, one of the most significant human rights cases anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. He has represented Haitian political prisoners before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and represented the plaintiff in Yvon Neptune v. Haiti, the only Haiti case ever tried before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Mr. Concannon has received fellowships from Harvard Law School and Brandeis University and has trained international judges, U.S. asylum officers and law students across the U.S. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Health and Human Rights, an international journal. He holds an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and JD from Georgetown Law. He speaks English, Haitian Creole and French.
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Co-CEO | -- |
Co-CEO Term Start | -- |
Co-CEO Email | -- |
Co-CEO Experience | -- |
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Name | Title | Experience/Biography |
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Brian Concannon Jr., Esq. | Director | -- |
Award | Awarding Organization | Year |
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Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice | Salem Award Foundation | 2014 |
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters conferred upon IJDH Director | Canisius College | 2012 |
International White Dove Award | Rochester Committee of Latin America | 2012 |
Zanmi Ayiti Award | Haiti Solidarity Network of the Northeast | 2005 |
Affiliation | Year |
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Member of state association of nonprofits? | No |
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Name of state association | -- |
External Assessment or Accreditation | Year |
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IJDH is the sister organization of Haiti-based Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI).
Haitian collaborators include: "Rezo Fanm BAI" (BAI Women’s Network), including KOFAVIV (Komisyon Fanm Viktim pou Viktim), FAVILEK (Fanm Viktim Leve Kanpe), Groupe Concertation des Femmes Victimes (GCFV), Kodinasyon Nasyonal Viktim Direk (KONAMAVID), and Zafe Fanm pou yon Lot Ayiti (ZAFALA), and over 30 grassroots groups; Zanmi Lasante.
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Number of Full Time Staff | 7 |
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Number of Part Time Staff | 0 |
Number of Volunteers | 27 |
Number of Contract Staff | 3 |
Staff Retention Rate % | 100% |
Ethnicity | African American/Black: 2 Asian American/Pacific Islander: 0 Caucasian: 3 Hispanic/Latino: 0 Native American/American Indian: 0 Other: 1 Other (if specified): More than one race |
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Gender | Female: 4 Male: 2 Not Specified 0 |
Organization has Fundraising Plan? | Yes |
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Organization has Strategic Plan? | Under Development |
Years Strategic Plan Considers | -- |
Management Succession Plan | -- |
Business Continuity of Operations Plan | -- |
Organization Policies And Procedures | Under Development |
Nondiscrimination Policy | Yes |
Whistle Blower Policy | No |
Document Destruction Policy | -- |
Directors and Officers Insurance Policy | -- |
State Charitable Solicitations Permit | -- |
State Registration | -- |
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Management Reports to Board? | Yes |
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CEO Formal Evaluation and Frequency | No N/A |
Senior Management Formal Evaluation and Frequency | Yes Annually |
Non Management Formal Evaluation and Frequency | Yes Annually |
Board Chair | Mr. Ira J. Kurzban Esq. |
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Board Chair Company Affiliation | Adjunct Professor of Law at the Univ of Miami and Nova Southeastern Univ |
Board Chair Term | June 2004 - Apr 2017 |
Board Co-Chair | -- |
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Board Co-Chair Company Affiliation | -- |
Board Co-Chair Term | - |
Name | Company Affiliations | Status |
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Navjeet Bal | VP and General Counsel of Social Finance | Voting |
Brian Concannon Jr., Esq. | Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti | Voting |
Paul Farmer M.D., PhD | Founder of Partners In Health, Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Deputy UN Special Envoy to Haiti. | Voting |
Laura Flynn | Author, Teacher, and Activist | Voting |
Linda Dorcena Forry | Massachusetts State Senate | Voting |
Ira J. Kurzban Esq. | Attorney with Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger & Tetzeli, and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University Miami and Nova Southeastern University | Voting |
Joia Mukherjee MD, MPH | Chief Medical Officer for Partners in Health | Voting |
Judy Prosper | Assistant Attorney General in New York and former volunteer attorney at BAI | Voting |
Bryan Stevenson Esq. | Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama and a Clinical Professor at NYU School of Law | Voting |
Irwin Stotzky Esq. | Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Human Rights at the University of Miami | Voting |
Name | Company Affiliations | Status |
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Karen Keating Ansara | Co-founder of Haiti Fund at the Boston Foundation | -- |
Herby Duverné | Principal and CEO of Taino Consulting Group | -- |
Albert J Kaneb | Retired | -- |
Fran Quigley | clinical professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law | -- |
Mary H White MD | physician at Mount Sinai School of Medicine | -- |
Ethnicity | African American/Black: 3 Asian American/Pacific Islander: 1 Caucasian: 5 Hispanic/Latino: 0 Native American/American Indian: 0 Other: 0 Other (if specified): 1 |
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Gender | Female: 5 Male: 5 Not Specified 0 |
Board Term Lengths | -- |
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Board Term Limits | -- |
Board Meeting Attendance % | -- |
Written Board Selection Criteria | No |
Written Conflict Of Interest Policy | Yes |
Percentage of Monetary Contributions | 67% |
Percentage of In-Kind Contributions | 30% |
Constituency Includes Client Representation | No |
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Fiscal Year | Apr 01, 2015 to Mar 31, 2016 |
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Projected Income | $1,500,000.00 |
Projected Expense | $1,300,000.00 |
Form 990s | |
Audit Documents | |
IRS Letter of Exemption |
Fiscal Year | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Total Revenue | $1,783,867 | $1,658,483 | $1,730,310 |
Total Expenses | $1,794,651 | $1,726,675 | $1,712,547 |
Fiscal Year | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Foundation and Corporation Contributions |
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Government Contributions | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Federal | -- | -- | -- |
State | -- | -- | -- |
Local | -- | -- | -- |
Unspecified | -- | -- | -- |
Individual Contributions | $1,783,867 | $1,658,483 | $1,730,310 |
Indirect Public Support | -- | -- | -- |
Earned Revenue | -- | -- | -- |
Investment Income, Net of Losses | -- | -- | -- |
Membership Dues | -- | -- | -- |
Special Events | -- | -- | -- |
Revenue In-Kind | -- | -- | -- |
Other | -- | -- | -- |
Fiscal Year | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Program Expense | $1,500,007 | $1,464,322 | $1,508,605 |
Administration Expense | $222,143 | $171,259 | $134,927 |
Fundraising Expense | $72,501 | $91,094 | $69,015 |
Payments to Affiliates | -- | -- | -- |
Total Revenue/Total Expenses | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.01 |
Program Expense/Total Expenses | 84% | 85% | 88% |
Fundraising Expense/Contributed Revenue | 4% | 5% | 4% |
Fiscal Year | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Total Assets | $509,919 | $365,936 | $128,742 |
Current Assets | $507,454 | $365,271 | $127,645 |
Long-Term Liabilities | -- | $0 | $0 |
Current Liabilities | $20,997 | $34,876 | $34,103 |
Total Net Assets | $492,423 | $331,060 | $94,639 |
Fiscal Year | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Endowment Value | -- |
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Spending Policy | N/A |
Percentage(If selected) | -- |
Credit Line | No |
Reserve Fund | No |
How many months does reserve cover? | -- |
Are you currently in a Capital Campaign? | No |
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Capital Campaign Purpose | -- |
Campaign Goal | -- |
Capital Campaign Dates | - |
Capital Campaign Raised-to-Date Amount | -- |
Capital Campaign Anticipated in Next 5 Years? | -- |
Fiscal Year | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current Liabilities | 24.17 | 10.47 | 3.74 |
Fiscal Year | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Long-term Liabilities/Total Assets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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