Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH)
Franciscka Lucien is the Director of Health Equity at the Clinton Global Initiative, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as Executive Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. She previously worked with Partners In Health from 2011-2018. She served as Deputy Director of Policy and Partnerships for PIH Liberia, coordinating with underserved communities, non-governmental organizations, the Ministry of Health, and international partners to strengthen delivery of health services in the wake of the Ebola epidemic. This followed prior roles in Liberia, Haiti, and Boston in areas of clinical operations, integrated delivery systems, financing, and health workforce development.
Before entering the nonprofit field, Franciscka worked in advocacy and crisis management for clients across Fortune 500 companies and industries including finance, healthcare, and economic development. She holds a Master of Arts from the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs and a Bachelor of Science from the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
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Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH)
IJDH has successfully helped Haitians enforce their human rights since 2004. The Institute partners with BAI to support grassroots struggles for justice in Haiti and in the powerful countries abroad where decisions about Haitians’ rights are often made. IJDH and BAI combine traditional legal strategies with organizing, emerging technology and public advocacy to address the root causes of instability and poverty in Haiti. We fight for justice with routinely excellent legal work, but also with creativity, humility, inspiration and humor, and a supportive work culture. We effect broad changes with modest resources by nurturing large advocacy networks. Notable achievements include: •Representation of 5,000+ Haitian victims of cholera in a class action lawsuit against the United Nations, in pursuit of justice and accountability for the UN’s direct role in causing the October 2010 outbreak. This case is currently in the appeals process; •A 2014 appeals court decision reinstating charges of torture, murder and other crimes against former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier; •Convictions in twelve of sixteen rape cases that reached trial 2012-2014; •Successful prosecution of the Raboteau Massacre, a 1994 military/paramilitary attack on a pro-democracy neighborhood, that convicted the top military and paramilitary leadership of Haiti’s 1991-1994 “de facto” dictatorship. Among the convicted is the highest-ranked officer ever deported from the U.S. on human rights grounds; •Important training for social justice lawyers, who have used their training to advance human rights in Haiti, the U.S., and throughout the world; BAI/IJDH’s work has been featured in several award-winning documentaries, a Harvard University case study, and is the focus of the 2014 book How Human Rights Can Build Haiti.