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MARCH-MAY 2000

Arrests of OPL candidates in the Artibonite. May 26, 2000.
Contestation Formulée par l'OPL quant a la Validite de Elections du 21 mai 2000. June 1, 2000.
Haïti : Crise Post-Electorale. SICRAD, June 1, 2000.
L'OPL Conteste les Élections du 21 Mai
Réaction Conjointe

Radio Unite, de nouveau en ondes et Radio Voix des Paysans du Sud attaquée, SICRAD, 11 mai 00.

Saccage de Radio Unité a St-Michel de l'Attalaye. SICRAD, 6 avr. 00.

Loi Electoral, 15 juillet 1999, with new hypertext table of contents.

Radio Haïti Inter a repris ses émissions. SICRAD, 8 mai 2000.

Jean Dominique's last broadcast. March 27, 2000.

Prevent a Lavalas Electoral Coup d'Etat. Micha Gaillard. May 8, 2000.
Haïti: Demande de prendre des mesures de precaution. Cas: Pierre Espérance, 13 avril 2000.

Assassinat du Dr. Bordes, SICRAD, 8 mai 2000.

Assassinat du Dr. Bordes, c'est tout simplement trop.

Congressional Holds on Haiti Money, May 1, 2000.
Élections : Inquiétudes non Dissipées. SICRAD, 8 mai 2000.
Letter on the assassination of Jean Dominique, April 13, 2000.
Customs Dispute in Haiti Brings Freeze in U.S. Humanitarian Assistance. CARE reports that a lifeline for thousands of families is in jeopardy. April 14, 2000.
Climat d'Insécurité et de Confusion. SICRAD, 1er mai 2000.
Police : Le Cycle des Démissions se Poursuit. SICRAD, 1er mai 2000.
Élections: Le Chaud et le Froid. SICRAD, 1er mai 2000.
Elections Decisives pour Haiti. Gérard Pierre-Charles, 27 avril 2000.

Open Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Haiti.

April 25, 2000. National Coalition on Haitian Rights, Washington Office on Latin America, Lawyers' Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Center for International Policy, International Human Rights Law Group.

Reportage and comments
Miami Herald
Inter-Press
SICRAD

 

Élections : Difficultés dans la Reprise Globale du Processus. SICRAD, 24 avril 2000.
Fin de la Première Phase d'Enquête sur l'Assassinat de Jean Dominique. SICRAD, 24 avril 2000.
Liberté d'Expression Menacée. SICRAD, 17 avril 2000.
La Quatrième Fois Est-ce la Bonne? SICRAD, 17 avril 2000.
Press Release, April 3, 2000.
Comité d'Appui au Processus Electoral (CAPE).
Mob Sacks Electoral Office in Jeremie. April 5, 2000.

"Standing Firm for Free and Fair Elections." Statement of Assistant Secretary of State Peter Romero at the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

April 5, 2000:

Statement of Representatives Gilman, Conyers, Delahunt, Goss, and Rangel.
Conflit Radio Haiti Inter-Dany Toussaint sur les ondes: transcript, 19 octobre 1999.
OPL condamne l'assassinat du journaliste et directeur de Radio Jean Dominique. 3 avril 2000.
State Department noon briefing, April 3, 2000.
Assassinat du Journaliste Jean Dominique. SICRAD.
Élections: Le CEP entre Deux Feux. SICRAD, 3 avril 2000.
NCHR Deplores Haiti Election Delay, Insists on Early Vote. March 30, 2000.
Senator Chéry says opposition would win any free election, separate or together. March 29, 2000.
Statement of National Coalition for Haitian Rights on funeral of Patrick Dorismond. March 27, 2000.
Press statement -- Visit of presidential assistant Arturo Valenzuela and State Department Haiti coordinator Donald Steinberg, March 22, 2000.
Statement of Ambassador Steinberg before the Senate Appropriations Committee, March 23, 2000.
Élections : Poursuite du Bras de Fer entre le Gouvernement et le CEP. SICRAD, 27 mars 2000. Standoff between government and election commission.
Statement of Sen. Mitch McConnell, March 21, 2000. Statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy.
Electoral Process Marks Time. SICRAD, March 20, 2000.
     

ECOSOF: Ce que l'Etude a Revele. March 3, 2000:

What the ECOSOF poll reveals:

To order a copy of the poll:

Amnesty International reports human rights in Haiti have suffered a series of blows. New report, "Haiti: Justice and Liberties at Risk," issued March 21, 2000. Summary: Full text:

Élections: Va-t-on Repartir a Zéro? SICRAD, 13 mars 2000.
NCHR recommends one-month delay in elections to allow for more voter registration. March 2, 2000.

New State Department human rights report scores police for executions and rights violations. Recognizes impact of CIP's publication of the secret report of the presidential commission on the disputed 1997 elections (the Lissade Commission report). Says after publication of this report the CEP inaugurated photo IDs, poll watchers and election-night reporting policy to prevent similar fraud.

Compte a Rebours Vers le 19 Mars. SICRAD, 28 fevrier 2000. Race Against Time Until the Elections.
Nouvelle Démission au Sein de la Police. SICRAD, 28 fevrier 2000. New Police Resignation.
Assurons un Avenir Meilleur a Nos Enfants et Petits Enfants. Par Suzy Castor. 28 fevrier 2000.
Pierre Denizé Refuses Comment on Préval's Questioning of his Competence as Police Chief. February 21, 2000.
Probabilité d'un Report des Élections du 19 Mars: l'IFES Lance la Première Pierre. 21 fevrier 2000. SICRAD.
IFES election bulletin, February 10, 2000.
Élections: A Deux Semaines de la Fin des Operations d'Inscription, les Problèmes Persistent. SICRAD, 14 fevrier 2000
Une Commissaire Révoquée pour Avoir Libéré de Présumés Trafiquants de Drogue. SICRAD, 14 fevrier 2000.
J'ai Décidé de me Porter Candidate au Sénat de la République--Suzy Castor, 13 janvier 2000.
Difficultés dans le Processus d'Inscription des Électeurs. SICRAD, 7 fevrier 2000.
Élections: Plus de 200 Mille Inscrits en Une Semaine. SICRAD, 31 janvier 2000.
OPL: La conjoncture politico-electorale en Haiti. Janvier 2000. The political and electoral line-up as seen by the Organization of the People in Struggle (OPL).

Inscriptions d'Électeurs Compromises dans Plusieurs Communes. SICRAD, January 24, 2000. Voter Registration Snagged in Many Localities.

OPL: Projet politique, janvier 2000. Full text. OPL political program: new section translated.

Anse d'Hainaut: Le Noeud Gordien a Trancher, 17 janvier 2000.
SICRAD Electoral Update. January 10, 2000.
OPL, code du bonne conduite, 10 janvier 2000.
First congress of Lavalas Family party. December 20, 1999.

Comment avance le processus électoral? SICRAD, 20 decembre 1999.

Large candidate registration in three departments. December 13, 1999.
OPL questions special police protection for Lavalas Family. December 15, 1999.

Candidates rush to register before deadline. Inscription des candidats: une autre étape franchie dans le processus électoral. SICRAD, December 13, 1999.

Human Rights Watch cites mounting political violence in Haiti, evaluates police. December 10, 1999.
"Situation of Haitian Migrant Workers and Their Families in the Dominican Republic." Chapter 9 of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States, Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Dominican Republic (Washington, 1999), pp. 71-82.
OPL holds candidates' meeting in Cayes. December 6, 1999. Agence Haïtienne de Presse.

Élections: Encore peu d'inscrits. Candidate registration lags. --SICRAD.

First rift in the election commission. Other election news. -- SICRAD, November 28, 1999.
House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Haiti, November 9, 1999. Witness list. Statements by Reps. Porter Goss and John Conyers, Jr. Notes from Sens. Mike De Wine and Bob Graham and Acting Assistant Secretary of State Peter Romero.

Préval campaigns for Lavalas. SICRAD, November 22, 1999.

Lavalas vs. the rights of civil society. By Micha Gaillard. November 3, 1999.

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September 10, 2001

Study Finds Unexpected Non-Lavalas Strength in May 2000 First Round

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James R. Morrell

Paper delivered at the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C.

Non-FL senatorial candidates outpolled FL in four of eight departments.
Votes discarded by top-four method exceeded votes won by either FL senatorial candidate in six of eight departments.
Review of tallies finds greater diversity among electorate than first reported.

February 5, 2001
Statement of Human Rights Organizations
President-elect Aristide's stated commitment to remedy Haiti's current problems will only be meaningful if it is borne out by genuine reform efforts.


January 18 , 2001

Civil Society Initiative
Appeal for Solution of the Crisis
February 26, 2001
State Department
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices—2000
August 2000
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Haiti's Aristide had the votes to win, yet cheated and so drained his win of legitimacy. By James R. Morrell. International Policy Report, .

Français: A vouloir toujours plus, voilà ce qui arrive...

July 13, 2000
The OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Haiti: Chief of Mission Report to the Permanent Council
 
March, 1999
Haiti: The Limits to Nation-building

How Haiti's impervious politics has blocked economic progress. By James Morrell, Hugh Byrne, and Rachel Neild

 

Novembre 2000
Organisation Fanmi Lavalas
Government Plan
"Investir dans l’Humain.”

Programme Économique et Social, 2001-2006.

 

 

Secret report of the presidential commission on the disputed 1997 elections.

A CIP-web-page exclusive. Français:

A little background:

(Also known as C.P.A. or former Lissade Commission report. Written in 1998, published in 1999.)

Perspective on Elections in Haiti. By Prof. Henry F. Carey.
Published by the University of California