Haiti-justice: Uncertified magistrates are prohibited from sitting
On Thursday February 23, 2023, in a memorandum, the technical secretariat of the Superior Council of the Judiciary asks non-certified magistrates to deposit the robe and the hat.
"The Technical Secretariat of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, acting on the strict instructions of the Council, wishes to alert all the Heads of jurisdictions, in general and, in particular, those of the Courts of Appeal of Port-au-Prince and Les Cayes, the Courts of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, Croix-des-Bouquets, Les Cayes, Cap-Haïtien, Gonaïves, Fort-Liberté and Jacmel, including Magistrates under their respective jurisdictions are hit by non-certification. They are instructed to firmly prevent non-certified Magistrates from taking a seat or exercising any function within the Judiciary", this is...