Showing articles 1 - 20 of 83 (sorted by date).
| 1 |  | 2008-06-20: Enfranchise the Diaspora via the Constitution or Legislation by Louis Joinet, U.N. expert, in Alterpresse |  |
| Il attire l’attention sur "l’interdiction de la double nationalité." S’il n’est pas possible d’amender la Constitution, peut-être serait-il possible de dégager un consensus pour procéder par voie d’interprétation. | Rating: 3 |
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| 2 |  | 2008-06-19: Senate Exceeded Its Authority in Expelling Boulos by District Court of Fort-Liberte | |
| La résolution du 18 mars 2008 prise par le sénat est une fuite en avant pour n’avoir pas la vertu d’attendre un jugement d’un tribunal de droit commun. Ce qui rend donc cette résolution inopposable à monsieur Boulos. | Rating: 5 |
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| 3 |  | 2008-04-01: Can the Senate Expel a Senator? by Pierre Josué Agénor Cadet | |
| « Chaque chambre peut appliquer à ses membres pour conduite répréhensible, par décision prise à la majorité des deux tiers, des peines disciplinaires, sauf celle de la radiation.» --l’article 112.1 de la constitution de 1987 | Rating: 5 |
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| 4 | | 2008-04-01: Senate Cannot Assume Role of Judges by Institut Mobile d'Education Démocratique | |
| La Constitution dit : Sera déchu de sa qualité de Député ou de Sénateur, tout membre du corps législatif qui, pendant la durée de son mandat aura été frappé d’une condamnation prononcée par un tribunal de droit commun qui a acquis autorité de chose jugée. | Rating: 5 |
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| 5 |  | 2008-04-01: Le sénateur Boulos est haitien by Bernard Gousse, former justice minister, on Radio Metropole | |
| Le sénateur Boulos est haitien et peut normallement jouir de ses droits civils et politiques. Le sénat peut revenir sur sa décision. | Rating: 5 |
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| 6 |  | 2007-12-01: Updating Trial of Brignol Lindor's Murderers by Reporter sans Frontieres |  |
| The French-based journalistic organization is closely following Haiti's efforts to bring the murderers of Brignol Lindor and Jean Dominique to justice. | Rating: 2 |
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| 7 |  | 2007-07-24: Playing with Fire by Haitian-American participants at Florida International University | |
| A conference in Florida last April with heavy Diaspora participation advises amending the Haitian constitution including its provisions on presidential succession. Word document. | Rating: 2 |
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| 8 |  | 2007-05-05: Haiti's Prisons are Overcrowded, Insecure by International Crisis Group | |
| Donors should build secure prisons, hire more guards and put dangerous offenders in maximum security. Otherwise, Préval’s progress will be threatened. | Rating: 3 |
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| 9 |  | 2007-04-10: Who's Got the Keys? by Radio Metropole | |
| Petty drama, momentous issue: Haiti's whole future lies in the balance, its chance to impose the rule of law, while some people argue about the keys to Judge Gassant's office. | Rating: 3 |
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| 10 | | 2007-04-04: Judge Gassant Back on the Case by Radio Kiskeya | |
| After a lapse due to the usual garden-variety intriguing, the courageous judge is back as chief prosecutor and has resumed work on the Dominique case. | Rating: 5 |
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| 11 | | 2007-01-13: Judge Gassant Facing New Obstacles from Haitian Government by Radio Metropole | |
| Haiti's brave prosecutor of the Jean Dominique case was blocked six years ago, and the process appears to be beginning again. | Rating: 3 |
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| 12 | | 2006-08-29: An Untouchable Is Touched by Radio Kiskeya | |
| Judge Gassant orders arrest of Aristide gangleader-in-chief for auto theft, illegal gun posession, and associating with criminals. Put in penitentiary. His lawyer calls it political. | Rating: 4 |
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| 13 | | 2006-08-17: Here Comes the Judge by webmaster | |
| Judge Claudy Gassant, the courageous prosecutor of the Jean Dominique murder case, has returned to Haiti. Thwarted by Aristide, shrugged off by Latortue, he is being brought back by Preval with full powers. Shows Haiti is serious about restoring order. | Rating: 5 |
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| 14 |  | 2006-07-17: L’avocat haïtien Jean Frédéric Salès accède à la présidence de la Fédération internationale des avocats by Radio Kiskeya | |
| Le Collège des avocats de la République Dominicaine salue la victoire de Me Salès, premier haïtien à diriger une organisation internationale aussi prestigieuse qui regroupe de nombreux barreaux du monde | Rating: 3 |
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| 15 | | 2006-05-29: Seventeen More Suspected Criminals Let Loose by Alterpresse | |
| Released without explanation. One, suspected in kidnapping and rape of a 66-year-old woman, now suspected in murder of widow of President Estime. | Rating: 3 |
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| 16 |  | 2006-03-08: Reinforcement of Justice System Funded by State Department | |
| The UNDP will administer program funded by U.S. and Canada to rejuvenate Haiti's judiciary. | Rating: 2 |
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| 17 |  | 2006-01-10: Get Out of Jail Free by Haitian Human Rights Network (RNDDH) | |
| The Haitian judiciary is releasing suspected kidnappers onto the streets on a legal pretext, even as it goes on strike to protest government's measure against the supreme court. English translation of item already posted. | Rating: 5 |
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| 18 | | 2005-12-19: Urging Reform of Judiciary and Police by Thierry Fagart, U.N. human-rights chief, on Radio Metropole | |
| More measured commentary from the U.N. human-rights official than his September comments calling Haiti a human-rights catastrophe. | Rating: 3 |
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| 19 | | 2005-12-19: Judges on Strike to Protest Supreme Court Purge by Caribbean Media Corp. | |
| "It is even worst when this shameful decision comes from somebody who was himself the president of the Supreme Court," said Gerard Gourgue, a highly regarded law professor and former justice minister, who is among the presidential candidates. | Rating: 3 |
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| 20 |  | 2005-12-10: Retiring Haiti's Supreme Court by Radio Kiskeya | |
| Prime Minister Latortue orders the justices of the supreme court into retirement after a second decision seemingly reinstating Dumarsais Simeus's candidacy. | Rating: 3 |
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