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Brian Concannon

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.

Name
Brian Concannon
Occupation
Human Rights Lawyer, Executive Director of Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
Expertise

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.

Experience

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.

Publications

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).

Languages
Fluent in English, Haitian Creole and French
Ethnic groups expertise
Haitian
Political groups expertise
Political dissidents, grassroots activists, journalists, political party supporters, former officeholders
Religious groups expertise
Victims of religious persecution, including vodou practitioners
Other social groups expertise
Women, LGBQTI+, victims of gender-based violence, criminal deportees, healthcare workers, people caught in land conflicts, deportees with CAT claims
Fees
[Private to EIN members]
Contact email
Phone
[Private to EIN members]
Address
[Private to EIN members]