Haiti authorities commit to investigation into Jean-Claude Duvalier rights violations

Friday 21 January 2011 Amnesty International calls for justice to be done for cases of detention without trial, torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions between 1971 and 1986. Haitian authorities have told Amnesty International they are launching an investigation into crimes against humanity committed during Jean-Claude Duvalier’s rule in the 1970's and 80's.Amnesty International's researcher on Haiti, Gerardo Ducos, yesterday met the country's Prosecutor, Harycidas Auguste, and Minister of Justice, Paul Denis, to discuss the need for an investigation into the abuses…

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