Data update: Integration of partner data from Ordre des Défenseurs des Droits Humains in ACLED’s Haiti dataset

On 31 March 2026, ACLED published data from partner organization Ordre des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (ORDEDH), improving coverage of political violence events in Haiti. This release covers events from 1 January 2024 to 31 October 2025, with the majority of events located in the West Department, including Port-au-Prince, and the Artibonite Department. 

Data from ORDEDH is published as part of ACLED’s real-time coverage, bringing the full coverage of this partner data to 1 January 2024 to present. 

Key changes

Correction period: 1 January 2024 to 31 October 2025

Countries affected: Haiti

New events and corrections: 678 new events; 426 updates to existing events

New fatalities added: 4,011

Source appears in dataset as: Ordre des Defenseurs des Droits Humains (ORDEDH) 

Analytical notes: 

• Data from this source are available only from January 2024 onward. No data from this source are available before 2024. . Users conducting analyses that span this period should take this into account. 
• To maintain comparability over time, users may choose to exclude events coded solely from this source. 
• ACLED publications on Haiti before this data update were produced without ORDEDH data.