Jean Rebel Dorcenat Returns to CNDDR, RNDDH Outraged

The Council of Ministers met Wednesday at Villa d'Accueil and made a series of appointments, including the highly noted appointment of Jean Rebel Dorcénat to the National Commission for Disarmament, Dismantling, and Reintegration (CNDDR). An amendment was made to Article 4 of the Decree of February 12, 2025, revitalizing and reforming the CNDDR, to reintegrate Mr. Dorcenat.

A choice strongly criticized by the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), which considers this decision a “trivialization of violence” and “organized impunity”.

According to Pierre Espérance, executive director of the RNDDH, Jean Rebel Dorcénat is “an ally of Barbecue, president of the Viv Ansanm gang, close to terrorist leaders, and a facilitator of armed groups that sow terror in the country”.

“He was tasked with 'federating the gangs after the killings, and he also publicly advocated for them,' Espérance stated, accusing Dorcénat of having strengthened the power of the gangs rather than disarming them.

For the RNDDH director, this decision constitutes an insult to the victims of the gangs: “It is a slap in the face for raped women, for massacred people, for the displaced, for an entire population held hostage by armed groups,” he denounced, calling on the other members appointed to the CNDDR to “seriously consider their participation”.

The human rights organization demands the immediate cancellation of this appointment and accuses the CPT of “betraying the promise of change and security” made to the Haitian population.

It should be recalled that Jean Rebel Dorcenat was already part of the disarmament and reintegration commission in 2018 under the presidency of Jovenel Moïse, and held the position of spokesperson.