Fighting for Justice in Haiti - 2 NYC Events May 6 and May 7

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Fighting for Justice in Haiti

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 10:41 PM PDT

The National Conference of Black Lawyers & The National Lawyers GuilJubileed Present

Fighting for Justice in Haiti
Thursday, May 7, 2009

6:30pm - 8:30pm

New York University School of Law, Furman Hall, Room 212

245 SulMario4livan Street, between West 4th and West 3rd Streets

Mario Joseph, Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer, and Brian Concannon, a U.S. lawyer who spent nine years in Haiti, will discuss the fight for justice for poor Haitians. This fight is waged in Haiti, one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the world, but also abroad, where powerful countries like the U.S. have undermined justice and democracy in Haiti by imposing economic policies and deposing uncooperative Haitian governments.

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The speakers will also discuss the fight for temporary protected status for the 30,000 Haitians currently subject to deportation from the U.S.
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Light refreshments following the presentations. This event is free and open to the public. A photo ID is required to enter the building.

Jistis in Haiti

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 09:51 PM PDT

Haiti Liberte Presents

Jistis in Haiti Jubilee

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 7pm

1583 Albany Ave., Brooklyn, NY

Mario Joseph, Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer, mario112004is Managing Attorney of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, which represents political prisoners and victims of political persecution in Haiti. Brian Concannon spent 8 years in Haiti and now directs the US-based Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. Mario and Brian have collaborated on several groundbreaking cases in Haitian, U.S. and international courts that have convicted human rights abusers, freed political prisoners and forced the Haitian justice system to function for the majority of Haitians who are poor. Brian

Mario and Brian will speak about their work establishing the rule of law in Haiti as a bulwark against the natural, political, and economic disasters that regularly beset the country. They will also discuss what people in the U.S. can do to support this vital work.

For more information, contact Haiti Liberte at 718..., or [e-mail]