1. Both Duvalier and the UN Continue to Try to Dodge Responsibility
(Matching tags: human rights, justice system, cholera, duvalier)

... court itself. According to Twitter updates from journalists, members of the Institute for Justice in Democracy in Haiti team, and observers from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, during the ...

2. Duvalier Hearing this Week Could be Historic, Despite U.S. Obstruction
(Matching tags: human rights, amnesty international, justice system, ijdh, duvalier)

... hearing on February 21 could be a pivotal moment in the prosecution of Jean-Claude Duvalier,” the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti’s Nicole Phillips told NACLA blogger Kevin Edmonds. “If Duvalier ...

3. Public Support Grows for Threatened Human Rights Attorney Mario Joseph
(Matching tags: human rights, amnesty international, justice system, ijdh, duvalier)

... Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) reports, Joseph, IJDH Managing Attorney and the director of its Haitian affiliate Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) has received as many as 3-4 death threats ...

4. Former Dictator Lives the Good Life, as Haitian Government has “Deliberately Stalled” Investigation
(Matching tags: bill clinton, human rights, amnesty international, justice system, duvalier)

... director of Human Rights Watch said when Duvalier returned a year ago, that "Duvalier's return to Haiti should be for one purpose only: to face justice. Under the presidency of Duvalier and his Tonton ...

5. Reforming Reform: Judicial Edition
(Matching tags: usaid, un, prisons, justice system)

The Wall Street Journal reports on moves by the Senate Appropriations Committee to block some funding for criminal justice programs in Haiti following the massacre at the prison in Las Cayes. Dionne Searcey ...

6. UN Investigating Prison Massacre Examined in New York Times Report
(Matching tags: un, prisons, justice system)

The UN has announced it is investigating the killings of between 11 and 40 prison inmates in Les Cayes following the earthquake – an incident examined in a feature New York Times report over the weekend. ...