People march during a protest against gay rights in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, July 26, 2020. The group marched demanding that President Jovenel Moise rescind his most recent decree that rewrites the 185-year-old penal code, addressing discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Photo: DIEU NALIO CHERY AP)
An overhaul of Haiti’s archaic 185-year-old criminal laws provides stiffer penalties for rape, decriminalizes begging and, for the first time, addresses modern-era crimes like cyber security and terrorism financing while giving a clearer definition of what constitutes sexual harassment…
