The Embassy of Haiti in the Dominican Republic informs us that the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the assistance of the United Nations to conduct an international investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

The request was formally presented to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Gutteres, by the Chancellor of Haiti Claude Joseph in a correspondence dated August 3, 2021 "I stress to your attention the fact that the presumption of the participation of nationals of foreign countries in the financing, planning and implementation of this heinous and villainous act makes it an international crime, the clarification and repression of which calls for the international solidarity. While reaffirming my confidence in the integrity, the seriousness, the professionalism of the agents involved in the conduct of the investigation, I also draw to your attention to the limits and weaknesses as well as the lack of experience of the Haitian judicial system in in the handling of cases of such a scale which cast serious doubts on its ability, on the one hand, to carry out this investigation properly, and on the other hand, to prosecute, judge and condemn the perpetrators and accomplices in an exemplary manner, in accordance with the laws of the Republic."

The assistance requested from the United Nations consists on the one hand in setting up an international commission of investigation in support of the work of national bodies and on the other hand in creating a special tribunal for the prosecution of the culprits.

Special tribunal similar to what was done for Lebanon after the terrorist attack of February 14, 2005, which caused the death of 22 people, including that of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Claude Jospeh recalls in his correspondence. "The modalities of the implementation and functioning of these bodies will be the subject of decisions of the Security Council," said Joseph in his letter.

In addition, in a second letter addressed to Gaston Browne, President of the Conference of Heads of State and Government, Minister Claude Joseph requests the support of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The Chancellor underlines that the assassination of President Moïse constitutes an international crime given the presumption of the participation of foreign citizens in the planning, financing and implementation of the attack.

HL/ HaitiLibre