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A Land Without Law

2024/10/4
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Marie Genard: 我讲述了在海地动荡的成长经历，以及在杜瓦利埃政权统治下目睹的暴力和压迫。为了逃离政治迫害，我和家人踏上了危险的逃亡之旅，最终被美国海岸警卫队拦截并送往关塔那摩湾。在关塔那摩湾，我们经历了不人道的待遇，包括不公平的政治庇护甄别程序和对艾滋病毒感染者的隔离。我父亲拒绝放弃对我的监护权，我们最终得以进入美国，但我童年时期的经历给我留下了深刻的心理创伤。 Harold Koh: 我与耶鲁法学院的学生一起，对美国政府将海地难民遣返回海地的行为提起诉讼。我们认为，政府的行为违反了国际法和美国法律，剥夺了难民寻求政治庇护的权利。我们面临着巨大的压力和挑战，但最终赢得了官司，迫使政府释放了关塔那摩湾的难民，并承认美国宪法适用于关塔那摩湾。 Brant Goldstein: 本案的核心在于美国政府试图将关塔那摩湾定义为一个不受美国法律约束的“法外之地”。政府的这种说法不仅违反了国际法和人权原则，也与关塔那摩湾的实际情况相矛盾。耶鲁大学团队的努力最终迫使政府承认关塔那摩湾的难民享有法律保护，为维护人权和法治树立了榜样。

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Marie Genard recounts her childhood in Haiti under the Duvalier dictatorship, marked by strict rules and political upheaval. Following the regime's collapse, her father's involvement with the Lavalas movement led to their relocation and subsequent need to flee the country after a coup.
  • Marie's father, a Lavalas supporter, went into hiding after the coup against President Aristide.
  • The Duvalier regime was marked by violence and political oppression.
  • Haiti's first free democratic election resulted in the presidency of Jean Bertrand Aristide.

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Before Guantánamo Bay became the prison we know today, Marie Genard spent more than a year of her life there. She was 14.

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