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Crisis in Haiti: The Plague of Escalating Violence

Crisis in Haiti: The Plague of Escalating Violence 
Thursday, January 9, 2025 | Reception 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Program 6:15 pm - 8:00 pm
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Format: In-Person 

Program Fee: 
Free for Members and Non Lawyers | $15 Non-Member Attorneys
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Description: 
What is plaguing Haiti? Haiti's political instability has simmered since the slaying of Jovenel Moïse, who had faced opposition protests calling for his resignation over corruption charges and claims that his five-year term had ended. With global inflation soaring, Haiti has been hit hard and is in desperate need of aid. This panel will address the current ongoing crisis in Haiti and present sustainable measures of remedial action to be taken to ease tensions and to ward off gang violence, poverty and degradation of society in general. The panel will offer policy prescriptions on how Haiti can potentially tackle these challenges.

Welcome:
Professor Sophia Murashkovsky Romma, International Human Rights Attorney, and Co-Chair, United Nations Committee of the New York City Bar

Speakers:
Leslie Voltaire, President of Haiti's Presidential Council
Dr. Jean Palerme Mathurin, Economist, PHD
Mercedes Narcisse, Council Member, New York City Council
Carrié Solages, Legislator, Nassau County Legislature
Jude Elie, President of the political platform Sove Lonè
Sandra Dieudonné, President, The Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York
Ervin Nina, International Law Attorney, Co-Chair, United Nations Committee of the New York City Bar Association
Frantz Voltaire, Director, CIDIHCA

Moderator:
Yveline Dalmacy, Attorney, Founder & President of International Caribbean Women Alliance for Empowerment, and Secretary, United Nations Committee of the New York City Bar

Sponsoring Committee:
United Nations, Sophia Murashkovsky Romma & Ervin Nina, Co-Chairs

Co-Sponsoring Committees: 
Council on International Affairs, Margaret E. McGuinness, Chair 
International Human Rights, Suchitra Vijayan, Chair
Inter-American Affairs, Jessenia Vazcones-Yagual, Chair 

Co-Sponsoring Organizations: 
Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York, Inc.
International Caribbean Women Alliance for Empowerment
The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, Alexander Papachristou, Executive Director
International Law Section, National Bar Association, Barbara A. Simmons, Chair
The Female Advocacy Foundation International
When
1/9/2025
Where
New York City Bar Association 42 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036

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