New Legal Assistance Office (BAL) in Haiti

When Phase I of BAL was launched in last January 31, 2013, it had some objectives: provide free legal assistance to the citizens who are in dire need especially those who are in captivity and to reduce unjustified prolonged pre-trial detentions. BAL has successfully assisted many poorest litigants who did never had any ability to pay a lawyer. BAL, with its 30 lawyers in the first four offices has fought 6463 individual cases and regained freedom for 2851 people of whom 425 were women and 97 minors. Including the copy of decisions, the Ministry of Justice has exempted all fiscal fees to the beneficiaries of the legal services.

With the additional new four offices, the present total five offices will be placed in different locations, such as, Bel-Air, in the premises of the Brazilian NGO Viva Rio (X1), to the Prosecutor of Port-au-Prince (X2), in Petionville (X1) and Carrefour (X1).

The Haitian Minister of Justice Jean Renel Sanon, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Dean of the Bar of Port-au-Prince Me Carlos Hercules were present in the inaugural ceremony.

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