Information and Resources
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Rule of Law Experts
The following is a list of recognized Cuba experts who are not affiliated with the Cuba Study Group -
Cuba Legal Transition
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A Constitution for Cuba's Transition
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Establishing the Rule of Law in Cuba
An essay by Laura Patallo Sanchez for the University of Miami's Cuba Transition Project addressing the challegnes to restoring the rule of law in a post-Castro Cuba. -
The Role of the Judiciary: Alternative Reccomendations for Change
Laura Patallo Sanchez and the Cuban Transition Project at the University of Miami exmine the role of Judicial reform in aiding the transition to democracy in Cuba. -
Jurisconsulto
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Cuba's Constitutions
Articles, Opinions, and Papers
September 2011
US Cuba envoy Richardson in standoff over prisoner
September 12, 2011
BBC News
Mr Richardson said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told him "it was not possible" to see Mr Gross, who is said to be in poor health.
Cuban Dissidents Detained Ahead of Protest
September 12, 2011
Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — A leading human rights worker said Friday that authorities have detained two former political prisoners in eastern Cuba, the first arrests involving members of a group of 75 intellectuals and social commentators since they were freed after a 2003 crackdown on dissent.
Hopes Cool for Freedom of American Jailed in Cuba
September 9, 2011
Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — Hopes that a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in Cuba might soon be freed were dashed when former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said the Cuban government refused to let him meet with the prisoner.
Hopes rise for release of American jailed in Cuba
September 8, 2011
Associated Press
A lawyer for Alan Gross, who is serving 15 years for illegally bringing communications equipment to the island, said Richardson came Wednesday at Havana's invitation. The former governor would not confirm that in comments to The Associated Press, nor say what he hoped to accomplish on the trip.
Journalists: Raúl Castro tightens screws in Cuba
September 7, 2011
By Juan Tamayo, The Miami Herald
The Cuban government has denied entry to a French news agency correspondent who had been assigned to Havana, part of what other journalists on the island describe as a severe tightening of controls on their work under Raúl Castro’s rule.
Cuba denies it is targeting dissidents
September 6, 2011
By Juan Tamayo, The Miami Herald
The Cuban government has denied it ordered violent repressions of the dissident Ladies in White, according to a Catholic Church statement Monday that added that any violence “against defenseless people has no justification.”
Cable Recounts American's 1st Contact in Cuba Jail
September 2, 2011
Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — A USAID subcontractor sentenced to 15 years in jail in Cuba told an American diplomat soon after his arrest that authorities had interrogated him for two hours a day and were well aware of his activities on the island even before the questioning, according to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable from Havana.
August 2011
Florida Court Awards $2.8 Bln to Anti-Castro Agent
August 24, 2011
Reuters
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida judge ordered Cuba to pay $2.8 billion (1.7 billion pounds) to a former CIA agent who helped hunt down revolutionary leader Che Guevara, an award lawyers called the biggest ever in a civil suit against the communist government.
Cuban dissidents say cops again beat women
August 16, 2011
By Juan Tamayo, The Miami Herald
Cuban dissidents complained that security forces blocked about 20 supporters of the Ladies in White from reaching a church service Sunday in the eastern city of Santiago, including nine women who were beaten and humiliated.
July 2011
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Establishing the Rule of Law in Cuba
An essay by Laura Patallo Sanchez for the University of Miami's Cuba Transition Project addressing the challegnes to restoring the rule of law in a post-Castro Cuba. -
The Role of the Judiciary: Alternative Reccomendations for Change
Laura Patallo Sanchez and the Cuban Transition Project at the University of Miami exmine the role of Judicial reform in aiding the transition to democracy in Cuba. -
Cuba Legal Transition
The purpose of this site is to invite professionals interested in Cuban legislative matters to submit papers and other suggestions for updating Cuban Law and it will have separate pages dealing initially with Constitutional and Commercial Law but it is open to accession with papers dealing in updating its Civil Code, Labor Law, those of Procedure and others in which its authors specialize.