Haiti
Program

Active since 2005.

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Projects in progress Projects in progress

3

– Support for the sexual and reproductive health rights of adolescents and young people – RESPECT (2021-2026)

– Women and Girls Standing With Dignity for Our Sexual and Reproductive Rights (2021-2025)

– Access to Justice and Fight Against Impunity in Haiti (2017-2023)

Partners Partners

25

– Collectif d’avocat.e.s spécialisé.e.s en litige stratégique de droits humains (CALSDH)
– Collectif Défenseurs Plus
– Combite pour la Paix et le Développement (CPD)
– Ensemble contre la corruption (ECC)
– Fanm Deside
– Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libète (FOKAL)
– Fondasyon « Zanmi Timoun »
– Groupe d’appui aux rapatriés et réfugiés (GARR)
– Héritage pour la protection des Droits Humains (HPDH)
– Kouraj Pou Pwoteje Dwa Moun
– Kri Fanm Ayiti (KRIFA)
– Mouvement des Femmes Haïtiennes pour l’Éducation et le Développement (MOUFHED)
– Office de la protection du citoyen et de la citoyenne (OPC)
– Organisation des Femmes Solidaires de l’Artibonite (OFSA)
– Réseau de Journalistes Haïtiens pour la Promotion des Droits Humains (RJHPDH)
– Réseau national de défense des droits humains (RNDDH)
– Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn (SOFA)
– Asosyasyon Fanm Solèy Dayiti (AFASDA)
– Association Quatre Chemins (A4C)
– Fondation Devoir De Mémoire-Haïti (FDDM-H)
– Beyond Borders/Depase fwontyè
– Association des victimes du choléra de Carrefour (ASSOVIC-C)
– Mouvman moun viktim kolera (MOMVIK)
– Organisation des victimes du choléra en Haïti (OVICH)
– Laboratoire des droits humains et d’expertise socio-juridique

Lawyers Without Borders Canada has been active in Haiti since 2005 and has had a permanent presence there since 2010. Its team operates from its office in Port-au-Prince.

“They have allowed me to live this unimaginable dream. I encourage them to continue their activities. There are many innocent people or people who have already served their sentences who are languishing there with no hope of ever getting out.”

- Florestal Billy, one of the 3,692 inmates awaiting trial

These young people maintain the memory of the Duvaliers in Haiti.
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Projects

From 2005 until today.

  • In progress

    Support for the sexual and reproductive health rights of adolescents and young people - RESPECT

    Funded by Global Affairs Canada

  • In progress

    Women and Girls Standing With Dignity for Our Sexual and Reproductive Rights - FANMKAD

    Funded by Global Affairs Canada

  • In progress

    Access to Justice and Fight Against Impunity in Haiti

    Funded by Global Affairs Canada

  • En cours

    Volunteer Cooperation Program

    Mainly funded by the Quebec Bar

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  • 2010-2013

    Frontline justice

    Funded by Global Affairs Canada

Results

Advances that have been made in the Haiti program.

  • New appeal to the IACHR seeking the accountability of the Government of Haiti in light of the judicial standstill in the case of Duvalier and others

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  • Release of 17 persons in habeas corpus: a great moment for the protection of the rights of detainees in Haiti

    Major Achievements News

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  • Lawyers meet for the launch of the first firm specialized in strategic litigation in Haiti

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    Publications

    Legal legacies on critical issues addressed in the Haiti program.

  • Meeting the needs of cholera victims in Haïti

    Publications

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    • More publications More publications

    Acting
    in Haiti

    Together, let us fight against impunity, concretize the rights of Haitian women and equip the human rights defenders of tomorrow in Haiti.

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