Law and Epidemiology in the Making of Guantanamo

Authors

• Aziza Ahmed, Boston University School of LawFollow

Author granted license

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

8-2025

Editor(s)

Devon W. Carbado, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Justin Desautels-Stein, & Chantal Thomas

ISBN

9781503641006

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Language

en-US

Abstract

On December 6, 1990, Haiti elected a new president: Reverend Jean-Bertrand Aristide. His election unseated Jean-Claude Duvalier, who came to power in 1971. Jean-Claude and his father, who had presided over Haiti before him, were known for their violent rule. Less than one year after Aristide’s election, a military coup resulted in Duvalier stepping back into power. Haitians fled the political upheaval. Many boarded boats to the United States.

Recommended Citation

Aziza Ahmed, Law and Epidemiology in the Making of Guantanamo , in Race, Racism, and International Law 193 (Devon W. Carbado, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Justin Desautels-Stein, & Chantal Thomas ed., 2025).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/4321