17 April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The OIAD strongly condemns the assassination attempt against Mr Ronel Telsyde, President of the Haitian Bar Federation (FBH), on the afternoon of 13 April 2026 in Cap-Ha\u00eftien.<\/p>\n According to available information, Mr Ronel Telsyde was the target of an armed attack in which he was struck by several bullets. Telsyde is a prominent figure in the Haitian legal profession. He currently serves as President of the FBH and was also President of the Cap-Ha\u00eftien Bar Association between 2023 and 2025.<\/p>\n This highly serious attack, targeting a senior representative of the legal profession in Haiti, is a threatening message to all lawyers and is likely to have a deterrent effect on the independent practice of their profession. The information brought to the attention of the OIAD comes against a backdrop of a worrying deterioration in the security situation in Haiti, marked by increased vulnerability among those working in the judicial system.<\/p>\n The Observatory strongly condemns <\/strong>this attack and recalls that it constitutes a serious violation of the right to life and physical integrity, which are guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights<\/a> (Article 6).<\/p>\n The Observatory urges the Haitian authorities<\/strong> to conduct a thorough, independent and impartial investigation in order to identify the perpetrators of this assassination attempt and to shed full light on this crime.<\/p>\n