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Haiti - Justice : Monitoring Mission of Gustavo Gallón 21/02/2016 08:30:41 "I also want information on the other concerns raised in my last report to the Council of Human Rights, including the issue of literacy, conditions of detention, impunity and the situation of deportees from Dominican Republic https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15185-haiti-social-inhumane-living-conditions-for-haitians-back-from-dr.html ," indicated Mr. Gallón, adding "[...] I plan to visit at least one place of detention and a camp sheltering people from the Dominican Republic. I sincerely hope to see improvement in these fields." Like during his previous mission, he will moves out of Port-au-Prince to assess the situation of human rights outside the capital. The information collected will be used in the preparation of dialogue following the presentation of its report to be submitted to the Council of Human Rights on 22 March. During his mission, the independent expert will meet with Haitian authorities, including the Office of Citizen Protection, the diplomatic corps (Core Group), representatives of the UN Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and UN agencies, human rights activists and organizations of civil society. Learn more about Gustavo Gallón : The Commission on Human Rights appointed Mr. Gustavo Gallón as Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti in June 2013. Mr. Gallón has over 30 years of experience as a human rights defender and university professor in public law and human rights. He was Special Representative of the UN Human Rights Commission for Equatorial Guinea (1999-2002). He is currently the Director of the Colombian Commission of Jurists since its inception in 1988. Mr. Gallón is independent from any government and carried out its mandate in its sole individual capacity. The independent UN experts, are working on a voluntary basis, they are not officials of the UN organization and are independent of any government or organization. They serve in their individual capacity and do not receive a salary for their work at the UN. HL/ HaitiLibre
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