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[19 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

By William Booth, The Wash­ing­ton Post

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Inter­na­tional aid worker Emmett Fitz­gerald has to get 20,000 very poor peo­ple squat­ting in front of the National …

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Duvalier News, IJDH in the News »

[17 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

By Macken­zie Issler, Uptown Radio
For­mer Hait­ian Pres­i­dent Jean Claude Duva­lier, known as Baby Doc, gained a rep­u­ta­tion of one of the most noto­ri­ous dic­ta­tors in …

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Gender-Based Violence News, IJDH in the News »

[16 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

By Anas­ta­sia Moloney, Trustlaw

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Trust­Law) — One morn­ing last month, Nathalie Pierre left her home in the Hait­ian cap­i­tal to run some errands. She returned a …

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IJDH in the News, Media: Podcasts, Television and Radio »

[15 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

By Abby Gold­berg, Direc­tor of New Media Advo­cacy Project(N-Map)
On Mon­day, the United Nations Secu­rity Coun­cil began a four-day mis­sion in Haiti to eval­u­ate their peacekeeping …

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IJDH in the News, News Articles: Background Articles »

[14 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

Pub­lished By Asso­ci­ated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.N. Secu­rity Coun­cil began a four-day mis­sion in Haiti on Mon­day to review the terms of its mandate …

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[13 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

By Tren­ton Daniel, Asso­ci­ated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Before Pres­i­dent Michel Martelly took office in May 2011, Haiti’s top pros­e­cu­tor had rec­om­mended that for­mer strong­man Jean-Claude Duva­lier face …

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[13 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

Lead­ers of the 15-member Caribbean Com­mu­nity, of which Haiti is a part, joined U.N. Secu­rity Coun­cil mem­bers on sep­a­rate vis­its to a post-quake Haiti this week.
 By …

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IJDH Press Releases, Press Releases: English, What's New »

[13 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

For imme­di­ate release:
Con­tact:
Mario Joseph, Av., Bureau des Avo­cats Inter­na­tionaux, (in Haiti), mario@ijdh.org, +509‑3554–4284 (French, Cre­ole, Eng­lish)
Brian Con­can­non, Jr., Esq., Insti­tute for Jus­tice & Democ­racy in …

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IJDH in the News, Media: Podcasts, Television and Radio »

[10 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

By Abby Gold­berg, Direc­tor of Projects for N-MAP
“It is as if the UN dropped a lit match on a dry field and when a fire began to …

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Duvalier News, IJDH in the News, What's New »

[9 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]

By Kevin Edmonds, The Other Side of Par­adise
The recent announce­ment by Judge Carves Jean that for­mer Hait­ian dic­ta­tor Jean Claude Duva­lier will stand trial for cor­rup­tion charges …

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