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iciHaiti - Justice : Pre-trial detention cases, piority to women
19/03/2018 09:49:10

iciHaiti - Justice : Pre-trial detention cases, piority to women
On the initiative of the "Gender and Model Jurisdiction" sections, of the United Nations Mission for the Support of Justice in Haiti (Minujusth), the Dean Bernard Saint-Vil and the Government Commissioner Ocnam Clame Dameus, near the Prosecutor's Office of Port-au-Prince, agreed to give priority to cases involving women in pre-trial detention extended until April 3 (National Day of the Movement of Haitian Women) and decided to reserve half of its courtrooms with ongoing cases, involving women in pre-trial detention [imprisoned without having been tried sometimes for several years] in the jurisdiction of Port-au-Prince.

Let's recall that in Haiti, women, although representing only 3.7% of the prison population, face more difficulties than men in the criminal justice system. Often of greater precariousness, most of them can not assume the expenses of a lawyer before their judgment to address requests, to make auditions and to prepare their file. In the end, an instruction slower for a larger proportion of women awaiting trial: 82% of women and 95% of young girls are now in pretrial detention, compared to 74% of men.

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23647-haiti-justice-more-than-75-of-prisoners-in-haitian-prisons-have-never-been-tried.html

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