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Haiti bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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16 May 2012 (Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti-Port-au-Prince) The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti has announced that Thursday, May 17, 2012, Ascension Day, has not been declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Haiti. • 15 Feb 2012 (Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti-Port-au-Prince) The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti has announced that Haiti's President had issued an Executive Order declaring Monday, February 20, 2012, and Wednesday, February 22, 2012, as additional one-off non-working public holidays to coincide with the upcoming Carnival. • 11 Jan 2012 (Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti-Port-au-Prince) The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti has announced that Haiti's President, Michel Martelly, has issued an Executive Order declaring Thursday, January 12, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday to commemorate the second anniversary of the earthquake of January 12, 2010. • 03 Aug 2011 (Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales d'Haïti-Port-au-Prince) The Haitian Ministry of the Interior has declared tomorrow, Thursday, August 4, 2011, as a one-off non-working public holiday on account of the current tropical storm Emily. • 14 Feb 2010 (Le Nouvelliste Haïti-Port-au-Prince) The government of Haiti has announced that, although the Carnival celebrations had been cancelled for this year, the Mardi Gras, February 16, 2010, public holiday would remain a non-working day (jour férié chômé). • 10 Feb 2010 (The Associated Press-Port-au-Prince) The Haitian government has declared Friday, February 12, 2010, as a one-off public holiday to give the nation a chance to mourn and "pay homage to the innumerable victims of the earthquake, many buried in anonymity". • 24 Jun 2005 (Conférence épiscopale d’Haïti-Port au Prince) The government of Haiti has declared a one-off public holiday for Monday, June 27, 2005. • 16 Jun 2003 (Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti-Port-au-Prince) The Presidency of Haiti has gazetted a law amending the official list of annual non-working public holidays in Haiti. • 31 Oct 2001 (Le Palais National-Port-au-Prince) Haitian President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, has issued a decree declaring Thusrday and Friday, November 1 and 2, 2001, as one-off non-working public holidays in Haiti. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Haiti public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Haïti are regulated by articles 107-119, in particular 110 and 111, of the Décret du 24 février 1984 actualisant le Code du travail du 12 septembre 1961 as modified by the Loi du jeudi 5 juin 2003 actualisant le Code du travail du 12 septembre 1961. • Working Holidays: The above-mentioned decrees and laws list some holidays as non-working (jours fériés chômés), and some as working holidays (jours fériés non chômés). Both specify that some of the working holidays could, at the President's discretion, be converted to non-working holidays on a case-by-case basis. • Haiti International Codes HT and HTI (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ht (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Haiti information and news: Central Bank of Haiti (Haiti central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Haiti maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Haiti), and Wikipedia (includes Haiti commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Haiti, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Haiti, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Haiti, before planning any trip to Haiti. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.