Publication

This report summarizes and builds upon the February 12, 2010 event held at USIP entitled “Haiti: Addressing Rule of Law After the Earthquake” at which René Magloire, the special adviser to the president of Haiti on legal affairs and in charge of legal reform, and former minister of Justice of Haiti, spoke. Prior to the earthquake, Haiti had been making slow, but steady, progress towards the rule of law. These efforts were not without difficulty. Today, the government still faces its previous obstacles, along with a plethora of new challenges stemming from the earthquake. What can be done in the short and long term to strengthen rule of law in Haiti?