MINUSTAH carries out its mandate to promote and protect human rights in Haiti in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolution 2012 (October 2011)1. To that end, MINUSTAH monitors the human rights situation in Haiti and assists the Haitian authorities and civil society, through capacity-building and other activities. The human rights reports published by MINUSTAH and the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) are intended to assist the Government of Haiti in ensuring the protection of human rights and respect for the rule of law. This report covers the period from 1 January to 30 June 2012. It contains information collected by MINUSTAH’s Human Rights Section (HRS) officers in the course of carrying out on their monitoring and reporting mandate.