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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.
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".
The Law of 16 July 1954 added a Judge to the eleven provided by the Law of 1918 and since then, the Court of Cassation of Haiti is composed of twelve Judges (including the President and Vice-President), a Government Commissioner, and three substitutes.
Haitian law does not have a hate crimes or bias-motivated crime law to address harassment and violence directed at LGBT people. On 24 June 2020 a new penal code was decreed by the President of Haiti , to take effect 24 months later unless rejected by a new parliament before then, which would criminalize discrimination based on sexual ...
Commerce-BIS and the State Department, along with other federal agencies, are responsible for enforcing two main laws: International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration ...
The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic, a multi-party system wherein the President of Haiti is head of state elected directly by popular elections. [1] The Prime Minister acts as head of government and is appointed by the President, chosen from the majority party in the National Assembly.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; Liévano–Brutus treaty; Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration; London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter