The .ht manager
The country-code top-level domain .ht (Haiti's ISO 3166-1 code) is delegated to the Consortium FDS/RDDH, made up of the Faculty of Sciences of the State University of Haiti and the Haiti Sustainable Development Network Foundation. Address: 17, 2e ruelle Wilson, Pacot, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The domain was created on 6 March 1997. The delegation record published by IANA (taken on 11 April 2025) shows a last update on 5 March 2025. It is available at the official address: iana.org/domains/root/db/ht.html.
Registration services
- Registry website: nic.ht
- WHOIS server:
whois.nic.ht - RDAP service: rdap.nic.ht
The domain is served by three name servers run by different operators: a.lactld.org, ns-ht.nic.fr and pch.nic.ht.
History of the delegation
- March 1997: IANA delegates .ht to an operator working under informal arrangements, as was then usual for country-code domains.
- 2002: the Consortium FDS/RDDH asks for redelegation. The Haitian government, through the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications, recognises it as the appropriate manager.
- November 2003: agreement between the Consortium FDS/RDDH and ICANN, in line with the principles of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC).
- 13 January 2004: IANA report concluding that .ht should be redelegated to the Consortium FDS/RDDH, under government oversight of national policy interests and ICANN's technical coordination.
Reference texts
These documents are published by IANA and ICANN, in English. Each can be read online and downloaded as a PDF.
- Delegation record for .HT (IANA)
- Report on the redelegation of .ht (IANA, 13 January 2004)
- Principles for the delegation and administration of ccTLDs (GAC, 23 February 2000)
Naming rules are in the Naming Charter; disputes follow the PARL Rules.