It is 12:50 p.m. in Fragneau-Ville, Delmas 75, on Tuesday, April 22. In the large courtyard of the court, litigants and legal professionals come and go. They are searching—for answers, for access to justice, which eludes them. The courtyard conceals the overcrowded conditions inside the white-painted building. Inaugurated with great pomp on March 31, 2025, by State officials as a major accomplishment, nothing has happened since. Furnishing the building has been delayed. There isn’t even a chair for the judges. The dean of the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, Me Bernard Saint-Vil, managed to acquire a small desk just a week ago.

No system has been put in place to ensure the delivery of proper justice.