Emmanuel Constant Cases  

Emmanuel Constant Ordered to Stand Trial in New York

News Reports

Press Releases from Center for Constitutional Rights and Center for Justice & Accountability

People of the State of New York v. Emmanuel Constant
-court order, May 22, 2007

Ex-Militia Chief From Haiti Is Sentenced to Up to 37 Years for Fraud
-New York Times, October 29, 2008

Toto Constant Sentenced For Up to 37 Years in Jail
-Haiti Liberte, October 29, 2008

Sentencing Order in People of New York v. Emmanuel Constant
-October 28, 2008

Former Haitian Militia Chief Emmanuel Constant Guilty of Fraud
-AP, July 26, 2008

Former Haitian paramilitary leader takes witness stand at his NYC grand larceny trial
-AP, July 23, 2008

New York Trial for Haitian Paramilitary Leader Starts
-AP, July 14, 2008

You call this justice? War criminal's on trial for mortgage fraud
-Danny Glover, Daily News, July 8, 2008

Rally for Justice for Emmanuel Constant’s Victims (Brooklyn, NY)
-July 8, 2008

Trial Watch Profile of Emmanuel Constant

Center for Justice and Accountability Pursues Lawsuit Against Emmanuel Constant

Excerpt from "Let Haiti Live: Unjust U.S. Policies Towards Its Oldest Neighbor" on Emmanuel Constant and FRAPH

Background on Emmanuel Constant, Haiti Reborn
September 1999 (French)

CCR Warns of Threat of Mass Murder in Haiti and the Return of FRAPH

Haitian women sue former strongman
- Associated Press - September 12, 2005

Toto Constant Opts for a Trial in Mortgage Fraud Case
-Haiti Liberte, January 16, 2008

Emmanuel “Toto” Constant Will Face Trial in Mortgage Fraud Case
-Center for Constitutional Rights (press release), January 9, 2008

Haiti Thug Could Face 25 Years
-NY Daily News, January 10, 2008

In Haiti, Victims of Ex-paramilitary Look to U.S. for Justice
-AP, May 24, 2007

People of the State of New York v. Emmanuel Constant
-court order, May 22, 2007

The Saga of ‘Toto’ Constant
-Sewell Chan The New York Times May 23, 2007

Haiti Strongman to Be Tried in NYC Case Court Says Paramilitary Commander Must Be Tried in U.S. Before Returning to Haiti
-Michael Brick The New York Times May 23, 2007

HAITIAN DEATH SQUAD LEADER'S PLEA THROWN OUT
-CJA Press Release , May 22, 2007

THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (CCR) APPLAUDS JUDGE’S DECISION TO DROP PLEA BARGAIN...
-CCR Press Release , May 22, 2007

Constant Sentencing Hearing in New York
-May 2007

Ex-strongman tells NY judge he'd go back to Haiti to face justice
-AP, May 15, 2007

Haitian Community to Demonstrate at Sentencing of Death-Squad Leader Constant in New York
-Haiti Support Network (press release), May 14, 2007

Former Haitian Strongman Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
- NY State Attorney General (press release, February 8, 2007

Haitian Death Squad Leader Ordered to Pay $19 Million to Torture Survivors
- CJA Press Release, October 25, 2006

Jane Doe v. Emmanuel Constant: Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
- October 24, 2006

Women Recount Gang Rape, Abuse at Hearing Against Haitian Death Squad Leader Emmanuel Constant
- Democracy Now!, August 31, 2006

Emmanuel Constant Case: Woman Recounts Gang-Rape Horror in Haiti
- AP, August 30, 2006

Judge rules against former Haitian strongman in rape lawsuit
- AP August 17, 2006

Haitian Death Squad Leader Arrested in US, Democracy Now!
-July 13, 2006

To His Compatriots’ Relief, Haitian Exile Is Arrested
-New York Times, July 11, 2006

Grand Jury Indicts Six For Real Estate Scam, New York State Attorney General
-July 7, 2006

Ex-Haitian strongman arrested in Long Island mortgage fraud case
-Associate Press, July 7, 2006

Center for Justice and Accountability Pursues Lawsuit Against Emmanuel Constant

Trial Watch Profile of Emmanuel Constant

Haitian women sue former strongman
-Associated Press - September 12, 2005

CCR Warns of Threat of Mass Murder in Haiti and the Return of FRAPH

Giving "The Devil" His Due
-David Grann, The Atlantic Monthly, June 2001

Background on Emmanuel Constant, Haiti Reborn
-September 1999 (French)

Excerpt from "Let Haiti Live: Unjust U.S. Policies Towards Its Oldest Neighbor" on Emmanuel Constant and FRAPH

The Ordonnance (similar to a U.S. indictment) charging Constant for the Raboteau Massacre
-August 1999