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Haiti - Politics : Prison situation, Jovenel Moïse takes charge of the matter 25/02/2017 08:16:38 Very concerned about the problem of prolonged pretrial detention and the situation of detainees across the country's prisons, the Commission initiated by the Head of State has for primary mission to investigate the prison situation in the country and to make recommendations likely to improve the living conditions of detainees "Under my presidency, the Haitian Nation will in no way ignore what seems to be a flagrant violation, even a contempt for the right to life that every individual must have, wherever it lives and without consideration," emphasized Jovenel Moïse, who believes that the State has an obligation to guarantee the right to health, of respect for the human person, to all citizens without distinction. The Head of State addressing to the members of the Commission, reminded them that their work should allow to specifically elucidate the causes of this sudden excess of mortality in prisons. "We are aware of all the efforts we will have to make to successfully undertake the necessary reform of the judiciary." Composed of 9 members, the mandate of this Commission is of 1 month renewable from the date of its implementation and will present, at the end of its work, its report with recommendations to the President of the Republic. Members of the Commission of Inquiry into the Prison Situation :
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