Negative Assessment of Justice for the Year 2022-2023, the Prison Population Has Barely Changed

The judicial year 2022-2023 has been overwhelming. Jury-assisted criminal sessions did not take place in 16 jurisdictions across the country. Only 495 cases were processed during criminal sessions without jury assistance. According to the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), correctional and criminal hearings only affected the prison population by 0.61%. On the other hand, Me Martin Ainé, President of the National Association of Haitian Clerks (ANAGH), considers the year 2022-2023 catastrophic for Haitian justice.

Michelson Césaire
12 Jan 2024 — Lecture : 3 min.
Negative Assessment of Justice for the Year 2022-2023, the Prison Population Has Barely Changed

Cour de cassation

The year 2022-2023 was marked by strikes of standing clerks and magistrates. Consequently, justice was dispensed in small doses, and prolonged preventive detention remains unchanged. According to Me Martin Ainé, President of the National Association of Haitian Clerks, 2022-2023 was a wholly negative year regarding the functioning of the judicial system. "The authorities at the highest level of the state do not care about justice. There is a shortage of magistrates and clerks in the judicial system, preventing its normal oper

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