AID grant no. 521-0236-G-00-3042-00 to Congressional Human Rights Foundation (CHRF) in support of its activity to assess the legislative, judicial, military, and civilian sector, to recommend reform, and to monitor the establishment of civil legislation and human rights protection

CHRF will: (1) assess Haiti"s existing parliamentary and civil-military structure; (2) collect legislation affecting civil-military relations from other parliaments in the region; (3) prepare a manual and data base on civil-military relations for use by Haitian parliamentarians in drafting legislation on civil-military relations (including the separation of police from military and the establishment of an independent judiciary); (4) analyze and respond to draft legislation submitted by the Haitian Parliament in these areas; and (5) assess the Parliament"s progress in implementing CHRF"s recommendations. Possible follow-up (Phase II) activities will include: attendance by Haitian legislators at CHRF"s International Institute on the Rule of Law; a parliamentary symposium in Port-au-Prince; TA in evaluating Haiti"s code of criminal procedures; and TA and equipment for the Haitian Parliament"s Human Rights Committee.