HAITIAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, Inc. (HALEC) and a number of partnering organizations formally requested that the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) initiate a preliminary examination, and subsequently a full investigation, into the alleged crimes against humanity and genocide occurring in Haiti. This request is anchored on the OTP’s past practice of sua sponte investigations, where the Prosecutor’s Office has proactively sought to address