Foreign Affairs committee  In the court?

Foreign Affairs committee  According to the Rome Statute, Mr. Duvalier cannot be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court, since his crimes were committed prior to 2002, that is, before the Rome Statute came into force.

Foreign Affairs committee  Merci.

Foreign Affairs committee  No, not yet.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Regarding economic crimes, as I said, we have several reports and we have also obtained from the Banque de la République d'Haïti copies of cheques signed by Jean-Claude Duvalier himself and by his ministers or director generals. So, we have all that evidence. Regarding crim

Foreign Affairs committee  That's right.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would like to be able to provide a definite answer to your question, but I am not very informed about reconstruction efforts in Haiti. I am a specialist in legal and judicial matters. What I do know is that we have land registry issues in Haiti. This problem is longstanding, an

Foreign Affairs committee  Up until January 12, 2010, much improvement had been noted in the governance of Haiti. The World Bank and even the International Monetary Fund mentioned this fact in their reports. However, owing to the earthquake and because of the centralization of the population in Port-au-Pr

Foreign Affairs committee  This is a huge problem for the officials and the police. His travels are a real headache for security forces. We want the investigating judge's office to follow up on the case because we have been working on it for two weeks. I am at the head of a team that was put in charge of p

Foreign Affairs committee  The second question was about a rumour...?

Foreign Affairs committee  To begin with the second question, Aristide.... I know that, in 2004-2005, an administrative inquiry was conducted into his regime. I did not participate in it myself. This investigation revealed that Aristide and some of his close collaborators had also plundered treasury funds

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't know. I know that, in Jean-Claude Duvalier's case, the figure ranges from $400 million to $900 million. However, even in Duvalier's case, I don't have the exact figures.

Foreign Affairs committee  Regarding the first part of your question, I think that the expertise of Canadian legal officers could be useful to us and is desirable, as much from the point of view of the prosecution and the crown prosecutors, as from the point of the judiciary itself. This expertise would be

Foreign Affairs committee  I had the opportunity to meet with many Haitians from the diaspora or with Canadians of Haitian descent since last Thursday. Everybody wants justice to prevail in Haiti, since that would usher in a new era. I think that the objective behind the Duvalier case is not only to mete o

Foreign Affairs committee  At this time, former president Duvalier is under a prevent-departure notice. The committing magistrate has personally asked him to not travel without his authorization, but no written order has been issued. However, according to Haitian law, if there is no written order, there is