Regrettable that human rights cases against Duvalier will not proceed – Globe and Mail

... gross human-rights violations proscribed in international law. The magistrate could have used this legal precedent and allowed complaints from victims of torture to be heard. This would have sent an important signal that no Haitian is above the law.
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