Referendum this Summer

The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Patrick Pélissier, announced on the sidelines of the symposium organized at the OAS on the security crisis in Haiti, that the constitutional referendum will be held in Haiti this Summer. The government will adopt a decree at the next Council of Ministers concerning the Constitutional Referendum, he said.

Contraband of ballistic helmets

Friday, May 23, 2025 in CAP-Haitian, customs agents during a verification operation carried out at CAP Terminal 2, proceeded to the conservatory seizure of several unorganized ballistic helmets hidden in a container of various items...

Organ traffic in unlikely Haiti

Surgeon Philippe Desamangles issues reservations about the existence of a possible organ trafficking network in Haiti. He believes that not all the conditions are really met in Haiti to develop this type of traffic on the national territory.

75% of damaged or destroyed police infrastructure

More than 947 members of the civilian population, 18 police officers and 8 soldiers from the Haiti armed forces were killed from January 1st, 2025 to the present day, in armed clashes pushing more than a million people to flee their house to escape the fury of the criminal bands which destroyed, damaged or burned more than 75% of the police and judicial infrastructures, 50% of the police, Sub-commissariats and police branches only in the metropolitan area of ​​the capital, revealed the Minister of Justice and Public Security

Constitution preliminary draft to discover...

The preliminary draft of the new Constitution, available here : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-44957-haiti-flash-submission-to-the-government-of-the-preliminary-draft-of-the-new-constitution-of-haiti.html, proposes the deletion of assemblies of the sections of municipal sections (ASEC) and the board of directors of the communal sections (CASEC). These bodies would be replaced by a departmental governor. In addition, the number of senators per region will be reduced from three to two. Finally, the president will have the power to appoint and revoke his Prime Minister and his ministers without the approval of the Parliament.

Documentary Debate : Invitation diaspora

As part of the weeks of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Haiti Embassy in France presents Tuesday, May 27 at the Latin America House (217, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75007 Paris) The documentary "Anténor Firmin : between the sword and the pen or the equality of human races" a film by Arnold Antonin followed by the thought and inheritance Speakers : Prof. Jean-Marie Theodat, lecturer at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Me Éric Sauray.

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