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The Supreme Court of Haiti interprets and expounds all congressional enactments brought to it in cases, and as such it interprets state law. It also has superseding power over all courts to examine departmental and federal statutes and executive actions, determining whether they conform to the country's Constitution.
Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, 509 U.S. 155 (1993), is a case that the U.S. Supreme Court decided on June 21, 1993. The Court ruled that the President's executive order requiring all aliens intercepted on the high seas to be repatriated was not limited by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 or Article 33 of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
The Le Jeune Case (or "Lejeune case") was a suit brought by 14 slaves against torture and murder by their master, Nicolas Le Jeune, in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1788. [1] Le Jeune was accused of torturing and murdering six slaves, who he said had planned to poison him.
The 1990–91 general election was heralded as the first democratic election in Haiti's history. [5] Aristide, a populist Roman Catholic priest, was the most controversial candidate of his party, the National Front for Change and Democracy (FCND). He was one of the only church figures to speak out against repression during the Duvalier years. [6]
Joly admitted in a plea document early this year to being part of a plot to smuggle U.S. firearms to Haiti and helping transfer funds, some of which were proceeds from ransoms obtained by ...
Strate v. A-1 Contractors, 520 U.S. 438 (1997), is a United States Supreme Court case addressing Tribal courts' adjudicatory authority over civil matters between nonmembers of the Tribe that take place on public highways in Indian Country. [1] [2] [3] Applying Montana v.
Kenya’s High Court, which held a hearing on the deployment Thursday, has set a hearing on the case for Jan. 26, dimming hopes for supporters that forces would be on the ground in Haiti in early ...
Half of the Haiti’s population is now in need of humanitarian assistance, including nearly three million children. As Haiti gang crisis grows more violent, Kenyan court blocks plan to send ...