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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 [...]
16 September 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Interview: Habré Trial Important but Not Enough Longstanding Senegalese human rights defender Alioune Tine has since the beginning of this year also been Amnesty International’s regional director for west and central Africa. In an interview with JusticeInfo.Net, he hails the tr [...]
7 September 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Habré Remains Mute as his Trial Restarts True to form, former Chadian President Hissène Habré refused to turn up in person on Monday at the resumption of his trial in Dakar for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture. The Registrar nevertheless read out his indic [...]
6 August 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
WE HAVE HELPED THE ICC, SAYS DEPARTING US WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR Stephen Rapp has been the US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes since August 2009. On August 7, 2015, he is stepping down from his post. Prior to this post, Rapp was also Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and befor [...]
28 July 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.net
Hissène Habré Lawyers Fight Back Lawyers of former Chadian president Hissène Habré, on trial for war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture, are counter-attacking from outside the special court in Dakar which is trying him and which they are boycotting like [...]
23 July 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, Special Envoy, Dakar
Shadow of Idriss Deby hangs over Habré trial The name of current Chadian president Idriss Deby looks likely to come up often during the trial of his predecessor Hissène Habré, which opened in Senegal on Monday July 20. The current strongman in N'Djamena has not been charged [...]
21 July 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, Dakar, Special Envoy
Former Chadian President’s Trial Postponed to September 7 Hardly a day after the spectacular opening of former Chadian president Hissène Habré’s war crimes trial before the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) in Dakar, it was on Tuesday postponed to September 7 to give his new court-app [...]
21 July 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, Dakar, Special Envoy
Court orders Habré forced appearance After an eventful first day, the Extraordinary African Chambers trying Hissène Habré in Dakar ordered late Monday afternoon that the former Chadian president be brought to court on Tuesday morning by “public security forces”. His [...]
19 July 2015 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Head of Project, associate professor at the University of Neuchâtel
WE HAVE SOLID EVIDENCE, SAYS HABRE PROSECUTOR On Monday, July 20, an exceptional trial is set to open in Dakar. It is the trial of former Chadian president Hissène Habré, charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture. He is being tried by the first court ever s [...]
17 July 2015 by Pierre Hazan
25-Year Fight to put former US-backed Habré on trial “An interminable political and legal soap opera” is how South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu described 25 years of back and forth in the quest to bring former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré (1982-1990) to trial for crimes against [...]
16 July 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza
Will a Silent Hissène Habré Decide to Speak at his Trial? Will former Chadian president Hissène Habré, exiled in Senegal since his overthrow in 1990, finally break his silence? Will he attend his own trial, due to start on Monday July 20 before the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) in [...]
7 June 2015 by Hippolyte Marboua, Fondation Hirondelle Radio Ndeke Luka, Bangui
CAR Special Court signed into law The Central African Republic (CAR) has taken a new step towards setting up a Special Criminal Court to try the most serious crimes committed in the country in the last ten years. On June 3, President Catherine Samba-Panza signed o [...]
5 June 2015 by Dr Peter Manning
Confronting Khmer Rouge crimes in Cambodia The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia face significant challenges as they reckon with the crimes of the Khmer Rouge  The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) were established in 2006 as a “mixed” [...]
3 June 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza
Habré Trial in Senegal an Important Step for African Justice A special court in Senegal (the Extraordinary African Chambers, EAC) has announced it plans to start the trial of former Chadian president Hissène Habré on July 20 this year. This will be the first time a former African dictator g [...]