Haiti's Constitution of 1987 with Amendments through 2012
- The President is elected by direct universal suffrage, with a second round if no absolute majority, for a term of five years beginning February 7.
- The presidential election is held on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of the mandate.
- Each department elects three senators, and the number of deputies may not fall below seventy.
- Private property is recognized and guaranteed, and expropriation requires fair compensation set in advance by expert evaluation.
- Article 248 creates a National Institute of Agrarian Reform, and Article 191 gives the Permanent Electoral Council control of electoral procedures.
This 71-page document is the English translation of Haiti's 1987 Constitution as amended through 2012, including the Constitutional Law of May 9, 2011 and June 19, 2012, distributed on constituteproject.org. It runs from the preamble through 15 titles: the Republic and its symbols, nationality, basic rights and duties of the citizen, aliens, national sovereignty, independent institutions, public finance, the civil service, the family, the armed forces and police, general provisions, amendments, temporary provisions and final provisions. The President is elected by direct universal suffrage for five years, and the Permanent Electoral Council organizes elections. Article 36 recognizes private property, and Article 248 creates a National Institute of Agrarian Reform.
How to cite
Government of Haiti; Le Moniteur; FAOLEX; Land Portal, Haiti's Constitution of 1987 with Amendments through 2012, http://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Haiti_2012.pdf