Despite a number of positive initiatives since the return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti in October 1994, AI is concerned about the slowness of Haiti’s justice system to deal with human rights violations. On 7 February 1996 Rene Preval will succeed President Aristide. AI calls on him to take urgent measures to speed up judicial reform so that justice can be seen to be done in all cases, both past and present, in accordance with Haitian and international law.
