Haiti
Program
Active since 2005.
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
24Partenaires 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
Projects
From 2005 until today.
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In progress
Access to Justice and Fight Against Impunity in Haiti
Funded by Global Affairs Canada
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In progress
Women and Girls Standing With Dignity for Our Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Funded by Global Affairs Canada
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In progress
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
News Press releases
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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
News
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Publications
Legal legacies on critical issues addressed in the Haiti program.
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.
In action
Follow live achievements of our teams in the field.