According to the United Nations, more than 1,500 people have been killed in the escalating gang violence in Haiti since the beginning of the year. The situation in the Caribbean state is “cataclysmic” and requires immediate action, according to a report published by the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva on Thursday. “Corruption, impunity and poor governance, compounded by increasing levels of gang violence, have eroded the rule of law and brought State institutions… close to collapse,” the report said. The number of victims of gang violence in the country with a population of around 11 millio…