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6 June 2016 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: A Historic Judgment for Africa The life sentence against former Chadian president Hissène Habré handed down on May 30 by the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) in Dakar marks a historic turning point for transitional justice. It is historic because of the gra [...]
3 June 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Africa Can Try Its Criminals If There Is Political Will, Says FIDH The May 30 conviction of former Chadian president Hissène Habré for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed under his rule “shows African countries are well able to try perpetrators of mass crimes in Africa, if they have [...]
30 May 2016 by Reed Brody
Hissène Habré - The Long Road to Justice Over 25 years ago, Souleymane Guengueng, a deeply religious civil servant who watched dozens of his cellmates succumb to torture and disease in Hissène Habré’s Chadian prisons, took an oath that if he ever got out of jail alive, h [...]
30 May 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo
Habré Gets Life Sentence in Historic Judgment A former African head of State was on Monday convicted by African judges sitting at an African court, in the name of Africa. Former Chadian President Hissène Habré was sentenced to life in jail for crimes against humanity and war [...]
30 May 2016 by AFP
Verdict due in war crimes trial of Chad ex-dictator A special court in Senegal began reading its verdict Monday in the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture against thousands of victims. Prosecutors are seeking a [...]
30 May 2016 by AFP
Chad's Habre: desert warlord turned brutal tyrant A desert warfare specialist, Chad's Hissene Habre seized power in 1982 and quickly embraced the role of remorseless dictator, with brutal repression the hallmark of his eight-year reign of terror. Often dressed in combat fatigues [...]
30 May 2016 by AFP
From exile to trial: major dates since Habre fled Chad Key dates from former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre's overthrow to an expected verdict in his crimes against humanity trial in Dakar on Monday. - Exile in Senegal - -- December 1990: Habre is overthrown by rebel troops led by Idr [...]
24 March 2016 by Human Rights Watch
Chad: Court Order, But No Cash, for Ex-Dictator’s Victims The Chadian government has failed to provide court-ordered reparations to over 7,000 victims of grave crimes under the rule of former dictator Hissène Habré, three rights groups said today. On March 25, 2015, after a three-month t [...]
29 February 2016 by François Sergent, Justiceinfo.net
More Crimes Prosecuted under Universal Jurisdiction, says Report For the second year running, rights groups TRIAL, FIBGAR, ECCHR and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) are publishing an annual report on universal jurisdiction, entitled “Make way for Justice”. Under the univers [...]
15 February 2016 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
The Week in Review: A Tale of Two Ex-Presidents and a sitting Deputy This was the story of two ex-Presidents and a Deputy President, all of whom were this week face to face with transitional justice. It is also the story of victims of repression seeking justice and reparations in countries such as [...]
12 February 2016 by Pierre Hazan, Dakar (special envoy)
Habré Trial Sets Precedents as it Closes What was former Chadian president Hissène Habré, seated in the Accused box in the Dakar Justice Palace, thinking about on Thursday, the last day of his trial? Was it of the nomadic shepherd child he once was in northern Chad, the [...]
11 February 2016 by Abdoulaye Diouf, Dakar correspondent
Prosecutor Wants Life in Jail for Ex-President of Chad Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) Prosecutor Mbacké Fall on Wednesday asked the court to sentence former Chadian president Hissène Habré to life in jail and confiscate all his assets. Fall was speaking on the third day of closi [...]
8 February 2016 by AFP
Habre had 'power of life, death' over Chadians, lawyer tells trial Chad's ex-dictator Hissene Habre had the "power of life and death" over his people, a lawyer for victims of atrocities carried out during his 1980s reign said Monday at his war crimes trial in Senegal. Habre who was president of t [...]
14 December 2015 by Human Rights Watch
Hissène Habré Trial: Witness Hearings Ending (Dakar) – The last witness is scheduled to testify on December 15, 2015 in the landmark trial in Senegal of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, Human Rights Watch said today. The lawyers’ closing statements are expected to [...]
12 November 2015 by Reed Brody
Opinion : A Dictator on Trial in Africa (Dakar, Senegal) -- “To the victims I ask for forgiveness.  I know it’s not sufficient, but I ask for forgiveness.”  Bandjim Bandoum, once a top political police agent of the former Chadian dictator, Hissène Habré, had waited 25 y [...]
11 November 2015 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.Net Head of Project
Hissène Habré trial coverage over in Chad Justice must not only be done, but also be seen to be done. This saying has never had greater resonance as in the development of international justice. How can a historic trial serve as an example if the victims and communities mo [...]
2 November 2015 by Oumar Dieng, correspondent in Dakar
CHADIAN EX-PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF RAPE On October 29 in Dakar, the special African court trying former Chadian president Hissène Habré suspended its hearings until November 9. The former strongman of N'Djamena is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and tortu [...]
25 October 2015 by JusticeInfo.Net
Habré trial continues in Dakar, Germany stresses Holocaust responsibility War crimes and crimes against humanity were much at issue this week in courtrooms and elsewhere. Firstly in the historic trial of former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, which has been taking place before a special court in Dakar s [...]
22 September 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“Justice and Memory” at Heart of Habré Trial, Says Expert As former Chadian president Hissène Habré’s war crimes trial continues before the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal, JusticeInfo.Net recently spoke to Senegalese human rights defender and Amnesty International regional dir [...]