Port-au-Prince Court of First Instance Operates Only on Paper after Relocation

Crowding, discomfort, and chaos coexist inside the building that houses the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince. More than three weeks after its grand inauguration by the highest authorities of the State, there is still no office furniture or equipment to resume hearings.

Michelson Césaire
Par Michelson Césaire
22 Apr 2025 | Lecture : 3 min.

It is 12:50 p.m. in Fragneau-Ville, Delmas 75, on Tuesday, April 22. In the large courtyard of the court, litigants and legal professionals come and go. They are searching—for answers, for access to justice, which eludes them. The courtyard conceals the overcrowded conditions inside the white-painted building. Inaugurated with great pomp on March 31, 2025, by State officials as a major accomplishment, nothing has happened since. Furnishing the building has been delayed. There isn’t even a chair for the judges. The dean of the Cou

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