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For Law of Haiti, many legal documents are available in the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) for Haiti in the Law Digital Collection. As explained on the Haitian Law Digital Collection page in the Digital Library of the Caribbean, the collection "includes historic through current Haitian law documents and related international documents.
Constitution Monument in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. A total of 22 constitutions have been promulgated throughout Haiti's history, [1] before the first constitution, a colonial constitution was promulgated under the short-lived government of then-Governor-General in 1801 Toussaint Louverture, who had become one of the leaders of the revolutionary forces in the Haitian Revolution.
The Supreme Court of Haiti (French: Cour de Cassation, pronounced [kuʁ də kasɑsjɔ̃] ⓘ; Haitian Creole: Lakou kasasyon an Ayiti) is the highest court in the Haitian legal system. The Supreme Court building is located in Port-au-Prince .
A federal judge heard arguments Friday from lawyers for a group of Indiana residents from Haiti who are suing the state over a law that allows immigrants in the U.S. on humanitarian parole to get ...
IJDH distributes information on human rights conditions in Haiti, pursues legal cases in Haitian, U.S. and international courts, and promotes grassroots advocacy initiatives with organizations in Haiti and abroad. IJDH was founded in the wake of the February 2004 coup d'état that overthrew Haiti's elected, constitutional government. The ...
Federal immigration officials on Friday extended a legal status for Haitian immigrants -- who make up the majority of the population of new arrivals into Massachusetts -- for an additional 18 months.
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In 1957, François Duvalier, known as "Papa Doc", became president of Haiti, ushering in a period of human rights abuses.An estimated 30,000–60,000 people [11] were killed in the 30 years Haiti was under the rule of Duvalier and his son and successor Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as "Baby Doc".