Haiti - Justice : Designation of the Representative of Civil Society at the CSPJ
Renan Hedouville, Protector of the Citizen informs for all practical purposes, of the name of the Representative of Civil Society to sit as a member of the Superior Council of the Judicial Power (CSPJ). This is Me Arnel Rémy, Lawyer at the Bar of Port-au-Prince and Executive Director of the Collective of Lawyers for the Defense of Human Rights (CADDHO).
In reference to article 13 (paragraphs) of the organic law of the Citizen Protection Office (OPC), the name of Me Arnel Rémy was on the list of three personalities who won the elections organized on November 8, 2022 by human rights organizations. The official results of these elections were transmitted to the OPC in order to appoint one of them, according to the prerogatives of the Public Protector.
However, in a letter addressed to Me Jean Joseph Lebrun President of the Council, 15 human rights organizations challenge the appointment of Me Arnel Rémy by the OPC, claiming not to have taken part in this process.
Protest organizations :
Platform of Haitian Human Rights Organizations (POHDH), the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH), the Episcopal Commission (of the Roman Catholic Church) Justice and Peace (C-Jilap), the Sant Karl Lévêque (SKL), the Program for Alternative Justice (PAJ), the Alternative and Justice Group Foundation (F-Gad), the Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Development (CRESFED), the Movement of Haitian Women for Education and Development (MouFEHD), "Kay Fanm", "Solidarite Fanm ayisyèn" (SOFA), "Fanm Deside Jakmèl", "Asosyasyon Fanm Solèy d'Ayiti" (AFASDA), the Council Haitian Non-State Actors (CONHANE), "Fondasyon je klere" (FJKL), the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), the Haitian Vision for Human Rights (VHDH).
