GAO Assessment of United States Judicial and Police Reform Assistance in Haiti: Hearing Before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, September 19, 2000, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 - 43 pagina's |
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Pagina 39 - ... assistance, provide the resources needed to operate the sector adequately, build an oversight capability to monitor the sector, and vigorously support the prosecution of major crimes. The Haitian government did not follow through in implementing a broad reform of its legal codes and judicial organization and processes - some of the measures that donors consider key to addressing the main problems of the judicial sector. The Haitian government has taken some steps since 1995 that may eventually...
Pagina 31 - I will discuss the primary factors that have affected the success of the assistance. Our work is based on meetings with officials of the US Departments of State and Justice, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the US Coast Guard, and other US agencies. To examine the results of assistance provided, in June 2000, we went to Haiti, where we met with officials of the Haitian government, other donor countries (Canada and France), the United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, and...
Pagina 30 - Lack of Haitian Commitment Limited Success of US Aid to Justice System Statement of Jess T. Ford, Associate Director, International Relations and Trade Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division GAO Accountability • Inugrtty • Reliability B-286288 Mr.
Pagina 31 - As you know, US assistance to the judicial sector was suspended in July 2000, because the United States was not able to negotiate an agreement with the Haitian government for continuing these assistance efforts. As of September 2000. most of the US assistance to the Haitian police has stopped, due to congressional concerns related to events surrounding the May 2000 Haitian parliamentary and local elections. The US Department of State is currently reassessing several aspects of the US relationship...
Pagina 31 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: I am pleased to be here today to discuss the preliminary results of our review of US assistance provided to Haiti's justice system. In September 1994, the United States and other countries intervened militarily in Haiti to restore the democratically elected government that had been overthrown by the Haitian military in September 1991. Before this intervention, the Haitian military controlled the police and the judicial sector. Military and political cronyism...
Pagina 31 - Development (USA1D), the US Coast Guard, and other US agencies. To examine the results of assistance provided, in June 2000, we went to Haiti, where we met with officials of the Haitian government, other donor countries (Canada and France), the United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, and ' See Foreign Assistance: Rule of Law Funding Worldwide for Fiscal Years...
Pagina 40 - During our visits to judicial institutions in Port-au-Prince, Saint-Marc, and Jacmel. we saw that the judicial institutions were overwhelmed by the lack of personnel and equipment and by their poor physical conditions The improvements to the judicial sector made possible by US assistance have also been limited because the Haitian government has not put In place an effective oversight capability to monitor the judicial sector. The Ministry of Justice has a judicial Inspection unit that has limited...
Pagina 39 - Department also reported that little progress had been made in bringing to justice persons responsible for major killings, such as political killings, in Haiti. US officials are concerned about the Haitian government's lack of support for the police's special investigations unit, which is responsible for investigating major killings. This unit's human resources have declined by about 80 percent since 1997. US assistance to the Haitian police has also been undermined by the Haitian government's failure...
Pagina 38 - JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS The primary factor affecting the success of US assistance has been the Haitian government's lack of clear commitment to supporting the police and judicial sector and dealing with the main problems affecting these institutions. The Haitian Government Lacks Strong Commitment to Strengthening the Police Force US assistance to the police has been undermined because the Haitian government-after showing a strong initial commitment to establishing a civilian controlled police force...