500 more prisoners, soon released

As part of the Fight Against Extended Pre-Trial Detention, Jean Danton Léger, the Port-au-Prince Government Commissioner confirmed that approximately 500 prisoners will be released before 31 December in addition to the 250 detainees released on Monday 12 December .

André Michel fears violence

According to Me André Michel, one of the lawyers of Jude Célestin, presidential candidate under the banner "LAPEH", other violence are to be feared in a post-election crisis, other sectors could use violence to fight what he calls an electoral coup.

A transparent CEP according to the COE

The Electoral Observation Coalition (WCC), composed of 5 organizations: National Observatory Council (NOC), Haitian Council of Non-State Actors (CONHANE) National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH), Center for Analysis and Research In Human Rights (CARDH) and the Platform of Haitian Human Rights Organizations (POHDH), is convinced that since the establishment of the new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), the electoral authorities have made an effort of transparency in the various Stages of electoral operations.

Catholic bishops deplore violence...

The Haitian Catholic bishops deplore the acts of violence recorded in the country following the publication of the results of the elections. The Bishop of Hinche, Jean Désinor, member of the episcopal conference urges candidates to follow the path laid down by law. The bishops ask the victors of elections to avoid triumphalism and to reach out to the losers.

Next International Conference of the Bars in Haiti

Friday, at the end of the 31st annual congress of lawyers from countries with a common legal tradition, held in Yaoundé (Cameroon), which gathered 1,200 lawyers from 37 countries, Haiti won the right to organize the 32nd annual congress of this corporation after a vote. Me Stanley Gaston, the President of the Order of Lawyers Port-au-Prince, who led a delegation of 26 lawyers, was elected by acclamation to the Board of Directors of the International Conference of Bar Associations (CIB) of countries with a common legal tradition.

Haiti at the World Summit of the Partnership

Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles, participated in the World Summit of the Partnership for an Open Government (7-9 dec.). The major challenge of the Paris Summit this year was to demonstrate that open government has a very concrete impact on the lives of citizens and on the way democracy works. The new summit brought together thousands of participants, representing States, parliaments, local authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector.

HL/ HaItiLibre