gens

Groups of related households formed a family ( gens ).

At the same time, further edicts stripped the gens de couleur of their newly won civil rights.

Christophe created the authoritarian State of Haiti in the north, and the Gens de couleur Pétion helped establish the Republic of Haiti in the south.

In Pétion's south, the gens de couleur minority led the government and feared losing popular support, and thus, sought to assuage class tensions with land redistribution.

P. Klein, La responsabilité des organisations internationales dans les ordres juridiques internes et en droit des gens, op. cit. (see footnote 13 above), pp. 468 469.

(Non English) (French) Mais Des fois on peut voir parce Que Les gens ici faire Des choses on peut manger. (French) Mais quand tu es fâché avec quelqu'un c'est pas passé the first time.

With regard to the implementation of treaties concluded by the European Community, P. Klein, La responsabilité des organisations internationales dans les ordres juridiques internes et en droit des gens (Bruxelles Bruylant Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 1998), p. 385, noted that in practice it was generally difficult to hold that State authorities acted as agents for the Community.