Haiti
Program

Active since 2005.

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Projects in progress Projects in progress

2

– Access to Justice and Fight Against Impunity in Haiti (2017-2023)
– Women and Girls Standing With Dignity for Our Sexual and Reproductive Rights (2021-2025)

Partners Partners

24

Partenaires haïtiens

 

– 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)
– Ministère à la condition féminine et aux droits des femmes (MCFDF)
– Ministère de la Justice et de la Sécurité Publique (MJSP)
– Ministère de la Planification et de la coopération externe (MPCE)
– Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP)
– Ministère des Affaires Sociales et du Travail (MAST)
– 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)

 

Partenaires et collaborateurs canadiens

 

– Care Canada
– Protecteur du citoyen du Québec
– Éducaloi
– École du Barreau du Québec

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.

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

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    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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