A cataclysmic earthquake, revolution, corruption, and neglect have
all conspired to strangle the growth of a legitimate legal system
in Haiti. But as "How Human Rights Can Build Haiti" demonstrates,
the story of lawyers-activists on the ground should give us all
hope. They organize demonstrations at the street level, argue court
cases at the international level, and conduct social media and
lobbying campaigns across the globe. They are making historic
claims and achieving real success as they tackle Haiti's cholera
epidemic, post-earthquake housing and rape crises, and the
Jean-Claude Duvalier prosecution, among other human rights
emergencies in Haiti.
The only way to transform Haiti's dismal human rights legacy is
through a bottom-up social movement, supported by local and
international challenges to the status quo. That recipe for reform
mirrors the strategy followed by Mario Joseph, Brian Concannon, and
their clients and colleagues profiled in this book. Together,
Joseph, Concannon, and their allies represent Haiti's best hope to
escape the cycle of disaster, corruption, and violence that has
characterized the country's two-hundred-year history. At the same
time, their efforts are creating a template for a new and more
effective human rights-focused strategy to turn around failed
states and end global poverty.
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