Source: google.com , February 22, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - A lawsuit against the former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, whether for crimes against humanity and corruption, does is "not possible", said on Tuesday the lawyers of former "president for life," returned home after 25 years of exile.
Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti on January 16, ruled the country between 1971 and 1986, when he went into exile in France. He is charged with bribery, embezzlement and conspiracy by the Haitian justice. Victims of his regime have filed a score complaints against him.
"For the same charges against Mr. Duvalier now, and despite the limitations, the court has already ruled Haiti in 2001 and has cleared the former president," noted Mr. Canton Frizto one of his lawyers Based on a ruling that he believed would have been rendered by the Court of Cassation in Haiti.
The organization of human rights Human Rights Watch recently called for holding in Haiti to a fair trial against Duvalier.
"I wish we could let Mr. Duvalier in peace and can live peacefully in his country," shouted the lawyer during a press briefing to present the legal case of "Baby Doc". He warned against any attempt to "judge a man instead of a regime."
Rejecting arguments by the prosecutor of Haiti to continue their client for crimes against humanity, Mr. Duvalier's lawyers have said that Haitian law does not recognize this concept and that international conventions on the subject does have not been ratified by Haiti.
"A trial against Duvalier for crimes against humanity is not possible in Haiti, given the fact that we have no laws" in the subject, hammered Me-Alix Aurélien Jeanty.
Reynold Georges, a third defender, denounced the "persecution" against Mr. Duvalier, referring to a call of victims of his regime who have asked President Rene Preval and the Minister of Justice to bring the former dictator in prison.
"The government can not order the Justice incarcerating President Duvalier. The judiciary is independent of the executive," he argued.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - A lawsuit against the former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, whether for crimes against humanity and corruption, does is "not possible", said on Tuesday the lawyers of former "president for life," returned home after 25 years of exile.
Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti on January 16, ruled the country between 1971 and 1986, when he went into exile in France. He is charged with bribery, embezzlement and conspiracy by the Haitian justice. Victims of his regime have filed a score complaints against him.
"For the same charges against Mr. Duvalier now, and despite the limitations, the court has already ruled Haiti in 2001 and has cleared the former president," noted Mr. Canton Frizto one of his lawyers Based on a ruling that he believed would have been rendered by the Court of Cassation in Haiti.
The organization of human rights Human Rights Watch recently called for holding in Haiti to a fair trial against Duvalier.
"I wish we could let Mr. Duvalier in peace and can live peacefully in his country," shouted the lawyer during a press briefing to present the legal case of "Baby Doc". He warned against any attempt to "judge a man instead of a regime."
Rejecting arguments by the prosecutor of Haiti to continue their client for crimes against humanity, Mr. Duvalier's lawyers have said that Haitian law does not recognize this concept and that international conventions on the subject does have not been ratified by Haiti.
"A trial against Duvalier for crimes against humanity is not possible in Haiti, given the fact that we have no laws" in the subject, hammered Me-Alix Aurélien Jeanty.
Reynold Georges, a third defender, denounced the "persecution" against Mr. Duvalier, referring to a call of victims of his regime who have asked President Rene Preval and the Minister of Justice to bring the former dictator in prison.
"The government can not order the Justice incarcerating President Duvalier. The judiciary is independent of the executive," he argued.
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