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The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Human Rights Section of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) issued two reports on Tuesday detailing activities such as torture...

Amnesty International (AI) called on Haitian authorities Thursday to prosecute former president Jean-Claude Duvalier for crimes against humanity that occurred under his leadership between 1971 and 1986. The pressure on Haiti comes after...

The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang spoke Tuesday on the importance of Haiti improving its human rights record , including trying ex-president Jean-Claude Duvalier . Stressing the importance of rebuilding...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay , offered technical assistance on Tuesday to Haitian authorities in the prosecution of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier for serious human rights...

Amnesty International (AI) announced Friday that Haitian authorities will investigate crimes committed against humanity allegedly committed under the rule of Jean-Claude Duvalier during the 1970s and 80s. The announcement comes one day after...

Four people, including former UN spokesperson Michele Montas, filed criminal complaints on Wednesday against former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier . Montas, who worked for the UN under Ban-Ki Moon, as well as Alix Fils-Aime and...

Former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier [BBC Profile; JURIST news archive was charged Tuesday with corruption, theft, misappropriation of funds and other unnamed crimes. Duvalier underwent several hours of questioning, and, although he was released, he does not have the...

Amnesty International (AI) called Monday for Haitian authorities to prosecute the country's former president Jean-Claude Duvalier for human rights violations committed during his time in office. Duvalier returned to Haiti...

Haitian authorities charged ten US citizens Thursday with kidnapping 33 children. The Americans, many of whom were from the Idaho-based New Life Children's Refuge , were arrested last week for attempting to take the children across...

The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland announced Wednesday that $4.6 million seized from the bank accounts of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier must be returned to his family. The decision [judgment,...