Joint Statement from U.S. Human Rights Clinics on the Constitutional & Human Rights Crisis in Haiti
International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School
Global Justice Clinic, NYU School of Law
Joint Statement from U.S. Human Rights Clinics on the Constitutional & Human Rights Crisis in Haiti
International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School
Global Justice Clinic, NYU School of Law
February 13, 2021
As U.S.-based law school clinics working in solidarity with Haitian civil society, we are deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Haiti and about the U.S. response to date. Credible evidence shows that President Jovenel Moïse has engaged in a pattern of conduct to create a constitutional crisis and consolidate power that undermines the rule of law in the country. We call on the U.S. government to denounce recent acts by President Moïse that escalate the constitutional crisis.