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Haiti’S Legal Claim For Restitution: The Political Context For The Recovery Of The Double-Debt, Ira J. Kurzban
Haiti’S Legal Claim For Restitution: The Political Context For The Recovery Of The Double-Debt, Ira J. Kurzban
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
This article discusses Haiti’s efforts to seek restitution from France for the “Double-Debt” imposed in 1825. After Haiti gained independence in 1804 following a slave revolt, France threatened to invade and re-enslave the Haitian people if they did not pay compensation to French slave owners for their lost “property.” This became known as the Double-Debt, as French and American banks profited by converting the debt into high-interest loans. In 2003, on the 200th anniversary of Haitian hero Toussaint Louverture’s death, Haiti’s president Jean-Bertrand Aristide announced his intention to demand repayment from France. This sparked retaliation from France and Haiti’s elite, …
Redress For Historical Injustices: Haiti’S Claim For The Restitution Of Post-Independence Payments To France, Günther Handl
Redress For Historical Injustices: Haiti’S Claim For The Restitution Of Post-Independence Payments To France, Günther Handl
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Restitution For Haiti, Reparations For All: Haiti’S Place In The Global Reparations Movement, Brian Concannon Jr., Kristina Fried, Alexandra V. Filippova
Restitution For Haiti, Reparations For All: Haiti’S Place In The Global Reparations Movement, Brian Concannon Jr., Kristina Fried, Alexandra V. Filippova
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
Haiti’s claim for restitution of the debt coerced by France in exchange for Haiti’s 1804 independence has unique legal advantages that can open the door to broader reparations for the descendants of all people harmed by slavery. But in order to assert the claim, Haiti first needs help reclaiming its democracy from a corrupt, repressive regime propped up by the powerful countries that prospered through slavery and overthrew the Haitian President who dared to assert his country’s legal claim. This article explores Haiti’s Independence Debt, and the fight for restitution of it, in the context of two centuries of continued …
Haiti And The Indemnity Question, Alex Dupuy
Haiti And The Indemnity Question, Alex Dupuy
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
1) Haiti did not agree to pay an indemnity to France in 1825 because it feared a war with its former colonial power. In 1814, France sent envoys to Haiti to demand that King Henry Christophe, who controlled the north of Haiti, and President Alexandre Pétion, who controlled the south and west, resubmit to French sovereignty. Christophe had that envoy arrested and jailed. Pétion, on the other hand, offered to pay an indemnity to France to compensate the former colonial property owners in return for France’s official recognition of Haiti’s independence.
2) Jean-Pierre Boyer succeeded Pétion as president of the …
The Lost Haitian Generation And The 1826 “French Debt”: The Case For Restitution To Haiti, Charlot Lucien
The Lost Haitian Generation And The 1826 “French Debt”: The Case For Restitution To Haiti, Charlot Lucien
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Haiti: Confronting An Immense Challenge, Irwin Stotzky
Haiti: Confronting An Immense Challenge, Irwin Stotzky
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
This article analyzes the history of Haiti, from its origins as a slave colony of France, which was the richest colony in the Americas, to its war of independence leading to the first Black independent nation in the Americas, to its economic re-enslavement under the power of France and then the United States. The article discusses the great harm the French caused the Haitian people by imposing through force a ransom of billions of dollars that has led Haiti to its present position of being on the brink of becoming a failed state, with all of the disastrous consequences for …
Haiti And The Burden Of History, Frédérique Beauvois
Haiti And The Burden Of History, Frédérique Beauvois
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Investment Treaty Arbitration In Cuba, Rafael Cox Alomar
Investment Treaty Arbitration In Cuba, Rafael Cox Alomar
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
Not since the fateful days of the 1962 Missile Crisis, has Cuba commanded as much global attention as it does today. The 2014 diplomatic rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, not only did away with the last vestiges of the Cold War in Caribbean waters, but more importantly has coincided with a period of acute ideological effervescence in Havana. Even in the face of President Raúl Castro’s resolute commitment to the principles of the 1959 Revolution, it is more than evident that Cuba is in the midst of a transformational moment. And perhaps in no other area of the …
The Extradition Treaty Between Jamaica And The United States: Its History And The Saga Of Christopher “Dudus” Coke, Kenneth L. Lewis Jr.
The Extradition Treaty Between Jamaica And The United States: Its History And The Saga Of Christopher “Dudus” Coke, Kenneth L. Lewis Jr.
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Has The Law Of The Sea Convention Strengthened The Conservation Ability Of The International Whaling Commission?, Jared Zemantauski
Has The Law Of The Sea Convention Strengthened The Conservation Ability Of The International Whaling Commission?, Jared Zemantauski
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Trade And Investment Treaties, The Rule Of Law, And Standards Of The Administration Of Justice, Alejandro M. Garro, Stephen J. Schnably, Pedro Martinez Fraga, David Abraham
Trade And Investment Treaties, The Rule Of Law, And Standards Of The Administration Of Justice, Alejandro M. Garro, Stephen J. Schnably, Pedro Martinez Fraga, David Abraham
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Medellin V. Texas: The Roberts Court And New Frontiers For Federalism, Robert Shawn Hogue
Medellin V. Texas: The Roberts Court And New Frontiers For Federalism, Robert Shawn Hogue
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Extralegal Property, Legal Monism, And Pluralism, Daniel Bonilla Maldonado
Extralegal Property, Legal Monism, And Pluralism, Daniel Bonilla Maldonado
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Why International Law Favors Emigration Over Immigration, Thomas Kleven
Why International Law Favors Emigration Over Immigration, Thomas Kleven
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
International Law, Human Rights, And Latcrit Theory, Elizabeth M. Iglesias
International Law, Human Rights, And Latcrit Theory, Elizabeth M. Iglesias
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Civil And Political Rights-An Introduction, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
Civil And Political Rights-An Introduction, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Mexico's Legal Regime Over Its Marine Spaces: A Proposal For The Delimitation Of The Continental Shelf In The Deepest Part Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Jorge A. Vargas
Mexico's Legal Regime Over Its Marine Spaces: A Proposal For The Delimitation Of The Continental Shelf In The Deepest Part Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Jorge A. Vargas
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
International Maritime Boundaries: Political, Strategic And Historical Considerations, Bernard H. Oxman
International Maritime Boundaries: Political, Strategic And Historical Considerations, Bernard H. Oxman
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Claiming A Global Identity: Latino/A Critical Scholarship And International Human Rights, Celina Romany
Claiming A Global Identity: Latino/A Critical Scholarship And International Human Rights, Celina Romany
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Advocacy For Aids Victims: An International Law Approach, Robert M. Jarvis
Advocacy For Aids Victims: An International Law Approach, Robert M. Jarvis
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
Delimitation Of Marine And Submarine Areas: The Gulf Of Venezuela, Mary Jeanne Reid Martz
Delimitation Of Marine And Submarine Areas: The Gulf Of Venezuela, Mary Jeanne Reid Martz
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Control And Prevention Of Transnational Pollution: A Case For World Habeas Ecologicus, Luis Kutner
The Control And Prevention Of Transnational Pollution: A Case For World Habeas Ecologicus, Luis Kutner
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
State Responsibility And The Law Of International Watercourses, T. O'C. Holstein
State Responsibility And The Law Of International Watercourses, T. O'C. Holstein
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.
International Law In Latin America, H. B. Jacobini
International Law In Latin America, H. B. Jacobini
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
No abstract provided.