New Magistrates Certified, Others Not Certified by the CSPJ
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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The Superior Council of the Judiciary (#CSPJ) proceeded with the deliberation of certificates for magistrates on Friday, September 25, 2025. Out of 112 files submitted by the Technical Certification Commission (CTC) for certification, 73 were certified, and 12 were not for various reasons, including lack of professional integrity and incompetence.
Among the certified magistrates are: Magistrate Vanel Achat, Substitute Judge at the Saint Louis du Sud Peace Court; Joseph Wilsert Aimé, Presiding Judge at the Arniquet Peace Court; Bernadin Alcindor, Sitting Judge at the Côteaux Court of First Instance; Jorel Alténor, Substitute Judge at the Saint-Marc Peace Court; René Georges Antoine, Presiding Judge at the Bahon Peace Court; Roulio Azor, Substitute Judge at the Abricots Peace Court; Ignace Bazelais, Presiding Judge at the Aquin Peace Court, among others.
In the list of non-certified magistrates are: Magistrate Frito Aristil, Judge and Investigating Judge at the Cap-Haïtien Court of First Instance; Jean Mary Evens Bellabé, Substitute Judge at the Camp-Perrin Peace Court; Marc-Arthur Bien-Aimé, Sitting Judge at the Gonaïves Court of First Instance; Romain CALIXTE, Substitute Judge at the Limbé Peace Court; Lubedet DORSAINVIL, Sitting Judge at the Gonaïves Court of First Instance; Bellande DUMERZIER, Judge and Investigating Judge at the Petit-Goâve Court of First Instance; François FINEY, Dean at the Jérémie Court of First Instance; Josias JEAN BAPTISTE, Substitute Judge at the Plaine du Nord Peace Court; Giordani JOSEPH, Presiding Judge at the Ferrier Peace Court; Magistrate Henderson JOSEPH, Substitute Judge at the Aquin Peace Court; Elima OBEÏ, Sitting Judge at the Cap-Haïtien Court of First Instance; and Magistrate Délicio VERNEVIL, Substitute Judge at the Vialet Peace Court.
Incompetence and lack of professional integrity are the reasons put forward by the Superior Council of the Judiciary against these magistrates.
It should be noted that the highest authority could not rule on 27 files. The names of these magistrates were not mentioned in this deliberation report of the certification operations.
Gedeon Delva
