Law Amending the Law of 20 January 2009 on Abduction, Kidnapping, Unlawful Confinement and Hostage-Taking

This law amends the statute of 20 January 2009 on abduction, kidnapping, unlawful confinement and hostage-taking - the offence that has since become the defining security problem of Haitian daily life. Read together with the 2009 original, also held in this batch, it shows how the legislature adjusted the offence and its penalties eight years on, before the sharp escalation in kidnapping that began at the end of the decade. The gazette issue that carries it is worth noting in its own right: it also publishes the order empowering the institutions of the central administration to design and implement all development plans, programs and projects, including those inscribed in the Triennial Investment Plans (PTI) and in the finance laws - an instrument bearing directly on how public investment is programmed. Published in Le Moniteur, 172nd year, No. 156, Wednesday 4 October 2017.