HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

An International Visitor Project for Haiti

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 22, 2003

 


Mr. Pierre ESPERANCE

 


Present Position:

Director

National Coalition for Haitian Rights

 

 

City:

La Gonave

 

 

Professional Interests and Responsibilities:

Mr. Esperance is a social worker and the director of the National Coalition for Haitian Rights, one of the most prominent human rights watch groups in Haiti. He and his organization are actively involved in exposing political and social human rights violations.

 

 

Previous Experience:

American Friends Service Committee

 

 

Academic Training:

Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences

 

 

Travel Abroad:

United States

 

 

Languages:

Creole, French

 

 

Date of Birth:

June 28, 1963

 


 

HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

An International Visitor Project for Haiti

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 22, 2003

 


Mr. Lysias FLEURY

 


Present Position:

Legal Expert

Commision Espicopale Nationale Justice et Paix

 

 

City:

Hinche

 

 

Professional Interests and Responsibilities:

As a lawyer working for the Commision Espicopale Nationale Justice et Paix (Justice and Peace), Mr. Fleury is mainly concerned with monitoring and reporting statistics on human rights violations in Haiti.

 

 

Previous Experience:

Judicial files, Commision Espicopale Nationale Justice et Paix

Judicial Advisor, Petit Freres de l'Incarn

Coordinator, OEA/SEA project

Manager, special projects

Conflict resolution, MICVIH/FPOH

 

 

Academic Training:

Faculty of Law, Hinche

Degree, Psychology

Degree, Theology

 

 

Professional Affiliations:

National Coalition for Human Rights

 

 

Travel Abroad:

Dominican Republic

 

 

Languages:

Creole, French

 

 

Date of Birth:

May 24, 1963

 

 

 


 

HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

An International Visitor Project for Haiti

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 22, 2003

 


Ms. Lisa FRANCOIS

 


Present Position:

Executive Director

Fanm Yo La

 

 

City:

Port-au-Prince

 

 

Professional Interests and Responsibilities:

As the director of Fanm Yo La, Ms. Francois is involved in the organization's fight against the exclusion of women from key government positions, and is also concerned with women's rights issues.

 

 

Previous Experience:

Reporter, Temporary Electoral Council

Executive Secretary, Vision ETC

Street Reporter, Ministry of Information

 

 

Academic Training:

Accounting, Certificate CAINFO

Communication, Diploma, Vision ETC

 

 

Professional Affiliations:

Fanm Yo La

 

 

Travel Abroad:

Dominican Republic, United States

 

 

Languages:

Creole, French

 

 

Date of Birth:

November 19, 1969

 

 

 


 

HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

An International Visitor Project for Haiti

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 22, 2003

 


Ms. Deanne GERMEIL

 


Present Position:

Legal Expert-Investigator

Office de la Proctection du Citoyen

 

 

City:

Port-au-Prince

 

 

Professional Interests and Responsibilities:

Ms. Germeil is a lawyer in the Office of Citizen Protection and has extensive experience in defending human rights from her previous position in the High Commission of Human Rights and Haiti Solidarity International.  She is interested in improving her knowledge of human rights issues in the United States.

 

 

Previous Experience:

Legal Assistant, Haiti Solidarite Internationale

Human Resources Assistant, Ministry of Women

Secretary, American Language Laboratory

 

 

Academic Training:

Faculty of Law, License Human Rights Certificate

 

 

Travel Abroad:

United States

 

 

Languages:

Creole, French

 

 

Date of Birth:

July 22, 2003

 


 

HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

An International Visitor Project for Haiti

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 22, 2003

 


Mr. Jean Numa GOUDOU

 


Present Position:

Journalist

 

 

City:

Torbeck

 

 

Professional Interests and Responsibilities:

Mr. Goudou is a well-known radio journalist currently in temporary hiding in the United States as a result of his coverage of human rights violations in Haiti. He is interested in strengthening his radio contacts with international organizations working on human rights issues and also continuing his contact with human rights organizations in Haiti.

 

 

Previous Experience:

Journalist, Radio Metropole

Journalist, Radio Ibo

Journalist, Lumiere

 

 

Academic Training:

Degree, Communication, IFOPCOM

Tailor, Centre Polyvalent de Formation Professionnelle

 

 

Languages:

Creole, French

 

 

Date of Birth:

September 30, 1971

 


 

HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

An International Visitor Project for Haiti

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 22, 2003

 


Mr. Ronald PIERRE

 


Present Position:

News Editor

Comite des Avocats pour le Respect des Libertes Individuelles

 

 

City:

Bahon

 

 

Professional Interests and Responsibilities:

Mr. Pierre works as a sociologist and anthropologist at CARLI, a well known lawyer's association concerned with individual rights and the training of lawyers about human rights.

 

 

Previous Experience:

Teacher, College Toussaint Louverture, Cap-Haitien

 

 

Academic Training:

Faculty of Ethnology, State University of Haiti

Faculty of Law, State University of Haiti

 

 

Professional Affiliations:

CARLI, Comite des Avocats pour la Liberte Individuelle

 

 

Travel Abroad:

France

 

 

Languages:

Creole, French

 

 

Date of Birth:

January 5, 1968

 

 

 


 

HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

An International Visitor Project for Haiti

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 22, 2003

 


Ms. Marthe PIERRE

 


Present Position:

Representative

Groupe d'Assistance Juridique

 

 

City:

L'Acul-Du-Nord

 

 

Professional Interests and Responsibilities:

Ms. Pierre is a member of Groupe d'Assistance Juridique, an organization that provides free legal assistance to accused Haitians. She is interested in learning how lawyers and civil society members promote and defend human rights in the United States.

 

 

Previous Experience:

Legal Assistant, Haiti Solidarite Internationale

 

 

Academic Training:

Certificate, Legal Assistant, Haiti Solidarite Internationale

Diploma, Faculty of Law, Gonaives

Medical Technology, SILOE Christian Institute

 

 

Languages:

Creole, French

 

 

Date of Birth:

July 13, 1969

 


 

HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

An International Visitor Project for Haiti

Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 22, 2003

 


Ms. Nancy ROC

 


Present Position:

Radio Journalist

Radio Metropole

 

 

City:

Port-au-Prince

 

 

Professional Interests and Responsibilities:

Ms. Roc is an editorial journalist whose focus is on socio-cultural shows with an emphasis on the editorial aspect. She has hosted discussions on high-profile issues such as HIV/AIDS, deforestation, the ongoing political instability, and living conditions for the underpriveleged and disenfranchised in Haiti.

 

 

Previous Experience:

Host, Metropolis, Dossiers

Host, Contrastes

Program director, Entre Nous Soit Dit

Directore, Press Bureau, Primature

Press Attache, Ministry of Information

Host, Focus TV Show

Journalist, Radio Metropole

Camerawoman, Tele Haiti

Anchor, CNN World Report Haiti

 

 

Academic Training:

B.A., Communication, University of Arizona

 

 

Publications:

"Grand Dossier"

 

 

Travel Abroad:

Europe, United States, Zaire

 

 

Languages:

French, English

 

 

Date of Birth:

November 28, 1962