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In July 2019, the Santiago Court of Appeals reduced the fine imposed on the Municipality of Lo Prado for the discrimination complaint filed by the family of the Haitian citizen. The reduced amount went from 20 UTM, equivalent to almost 1 million pesos, to 5 UTM.
The Supreme Court confirmed the sentence that sentenced the Municipality of Lo Prado to pay a fine for the tax benefit of 5 UTM ($ 251,860 at present value) and train officials in attending to foreign citizens who attend municipal offices, in the case of Haitian citizen Joane Florvil.
In a unanimous decision, the Fourth Chamber of the highest court – composed of the ministers Ricardo Blanco, Mauricio Silva Cancino, María Angélica Repetto and the lawyers (i) Jorge Lagos and Ricardo Abuauad – rejected the appeal in the merits filed against the sentence that condemned the municipality for arbitrary discrimination that occurred in August 2017.
In July 2019, the Santiago Court of Appeals reduced the fine imposed on the Municipality of Lo Prado for the discrimination complaint filed by the family of the Haitian citizen. The reduced amount went from 20 UTM, equivalent to almost 1 million pesos, to 5 UTM.
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The case started in August 2017, when Joane Florvil went to the municipality’s Community Prevention and Promotion Department to ask for help because her husband had been robbed.
She did not speak Spanish, so she left her baby with the guard, who tried to refer her to other offices while looking for a translator.
In view of this situation, the municipality notified the police and the daughter was admitted to Sename, while the woman was arrested for alleged abandonment.
That night she presented health problems and was admitted to the former Central Post. One month after her arrest she died and, in November 2017, she was dismissed for alleged abandonment.
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