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Bold action needed now to address 'cataclysmic' situation in Haiti

Immediate and bold action is required to tackle the 'cataclysmic' situation in Haiti, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on Thursday.

Corruption, impunity and poor governance, compounded by increasing levels of gang violence, have eroded the rule of law in the Caribbean country and brought state institutions close to collapse.