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  • AU: Push Senegal to Try Habré
    Press release
    Jun 29, 2009

    Three years after asking Senegal to prosecute the former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, the African Union should ensure that the trial finally begins to move forward. African heads of state will come together in Sirte, Libya on July 1, 2009, for an AU summit.

  • African Union: Focus on Justice in Somalia, Chad
    Press release
    Jun 25, 2009

    The African Union should urge the United Nations Security Council to set up a commission of inquiry to document the worst human rights abuses in Somalia, an essential first step in creating justice and accountability.

  • Letter to AU Heads of State in Advance of Libya Summit
    Letter
    Jun 25, 2009

    In advance of their summit in Libya, Human Rights Watch writes to AU Heads of State to ask them to address a few of Africa's most pressing human rights concerns - security in Somalia, accountability for crimes in Chad, and support for the International Criminal Court.

  • UN court lets Senegal hold Habre
    Media spotlight
    May 28, 2009
  • Belgium Sues to Compel Prosecution of a Chadian
    Media spotlight
    Feb 22, 2009

    Belgium has filed an international lawsuit against Senegal, the latest step in a long effort to prosecute the exiled former president of Chad on charges of war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity.

  • Belgium Asks World Court to Act on Former Chad Dictator
    Press release
    Feb 20, 2009

    Belgium’s request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Senegal to prosecute or extradite the exiled former dictator of Chad, is an important step towards ensuring that Hissène Habré does not escape justice.

  • Chronology of the Habré Case
    Fact Sheet
    Feb 12, 2009
  • The Case against Hissène Habré, an “African Pinochet”
    Backgrounder Briefing
    Feb 11, 2009
  • UN: Press Senegal on Habré Trial
    Press release
    Feb 5, 2009

    The United Nations Human Rights Council should ask Senegal to move forward on the trial of the exiled former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré.

  • African Union: Press Senegal on Habré Trial
    Press release
    Jan 28, 2009

    More than 30 months after it asked Senegal to prosecute the former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, the African Union should ensure that the trial moves forward.

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