Human rights lawyer with 30 years’ full-time work on human rights in Haiti, currently the Executive Director of the US-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. Average 20 reports and 5 live testimonies per year, in immigration court, civil and criminal cases, appearing for immigration applicants, people facing sentencing and the government. Expertise includes political violence, gender-based violence, LGBQTI+ persecution, CAT claims.
30 years full time work on human rights in Haiti, for the United Nations, a Haitian law firm and a US NGO.
Lived in Haiti for nine years, keep in touch with colleagues there at least weekly
Prepare reports on human rights in Haiti for UN and OAS agencies and general public.
Have briefed UK and Canada parliaments and US Congress and executive branch.
Published academic articles and opinion pieces; appear regularly in media, including BBC, RFI, AP, NYT, Washington Post and Miami Herald.
Speak regularly at academic institutions about human rights in Haiti.
Over past five years have submitted approximately 100 reports and testified 25 times in immigration courts.
Also testified as an expert in civil cases, and in criminal cases on behalf of the government and on behalf of those convicted on sentencing issues.
Land Conflict in Haiti: Avenues for Asylum Protection, 18-06 Immigr. Briefings 1 (2018), with Sarah MacIntosh, Deborah Anker and Andrea Meza.
Democracy and Sustainability in Reconstructing Haiti: A Possibility or a Mirage? 44 Inter-Am. L. Rev. 1 (2013) with Irwin Stotzky.
Beyond Complementarity: The International Criminal Court and National Prosecutions, a View from Haiti, 32 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 201 (2000).