Haiti - Justice : The OPC wants to tackle prolonged pre-trial detention - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7
Download the DRAFT of the new Constitution of Haiti (May 2025)





iciHaiti - Insecurity : Many schools, colleges and universities closed

iciHaiti - Dominican Republic : 2,053 Haitians arrested and more than 1,000 others repatriated in 24 hours

iciHaiti - Trade : DR exported 1,395 different products to Haiti in 5 months

iciHaiti - Environment : Donation of materials from UNESCO

iciHaiti - Health : Blood transfusion, an essential link in medical care


more news


Haiti - News : Zapping...

Haiti - Politic : The CPT is dysfunctional (open letter)

Haiti - Diplomacy : New Haitian Ambassador to Washington

Haiti - FLASH : Sunrise Airways has never received a subsidy from the Haitian government

Haiti - News : Zapping...


more news


Haiti - Justice : The OPC wants to tackle prolonged pre-trial detention
27/01/2018 09:13:46

Haiti - Justice : The OPC wants to tackle prolonged pre-trial detention
The Citizen's Protector, Me Renan Hedouville, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet Wladimir Gassant, the Director of Promotion and that of Protection, respectively Jude Jn Pierre and Amoce Auguste, went to the Court of First Instance (TPI) of Croix-des-Bouquets where he met with the Dean of the Tribunal, Lyonel Dimanche on the problems facing the TPS and learn about the files of prisoners in prolonged pretrial detention.

In an attempt to address the problem of pre-trial detention, the Ombudsman intends to use all the ways and means at his disposal. The issue of prolonged pretrial detention has for too long been a headache for the political and judicial authorities. He deplored the fact that all the attempts made by state institutions and international bodies, in particular the High Commission for Human Rights and Minustah, have so far only served as a palliative "There are too many individuals who are unlawfully deprived of their liberty. Some of them do not even have a file."

Me Amoce Auguste proposed to relaunch the Monitoring Committee of the penal chain in order to work with all the actors.

Dean Dimanche explained that the TPI of Croix-des-Bouquets had "made significant efforts to combat this phenomenon despite insufficient resources "With 27 judges and 7 judges of instruction, we made a lot of sacrifices. There are financial problems to conduct the Criminal Assizes with and without Jury Assistance," stressing "During the month of December, I organized criminal assizes with jury assistance with my own means [...]"

According to him, the question of the indirect integration of magistrates into the system and the dismissal of substitute government commissioner pose a lot of problem. However, the Dean calls on the actors to become aware in order to resolve the issue of prolonged pretrial detention.

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20317-haiti-justice-gustavo-gallon-harshly-judge-the-haitian-prison-system.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13254-haiti-justice-89-of-the-inmates-of-the-national-penitentiary-in-prolonged-pretrial-detention.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14401-icihaiti-justice-fighting-against-prolonged-preventive-detention.html

HL/ HaitiLibre

Twitter Facebook Rss
Send news to... Daily news...




Why HaitiLibre ? | Contact us | Français
Copyright © 2010 - 2025
Haitilibre.com