• Habré Case: Q&A on “Belgium v. Senegal”
    Q & A
    Mar 29, 2012

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard arguments from March 12 to 21, 2012 in “Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal)” over the fate of the former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré.

     

  • Victims of violence in Chad - 'our last chance for justice'
    Commentary
    Mar 19, 2012

    Souleymane Guengueng was a prisoner in one of Chad's infamous prisons in the 1980s – continuing his fight for justice, he calls on Europe and the international community to step in

     

     

  • Belgium/Senegal: World Court Should Order Habré Extradition
    Press release
    Mar 8, 2012
    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) should order Senegal to extradite the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium.
  • Belgium/Senegal: World Court to Hear Habré Trial Dispute
    Press release
    Feb 16, 2012

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has set arguments to begin on March 12, 2012, in a case between Belgium and Senegal over the fate of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré. The case could result in a binding legal order compelling Senegal to extradite Habré to Belgium if it does not prosecute him.

  • Letter to Foreign Ministers of African Union Member States Concerning the Case of Hissène Habré
    Letter
    Jan 17, 2012

    In July 2006, the heads of state and governments of the African Union gave hope to the victims when they mandated Senegal “to prosecute and ensure that Hissène Habré is tried, on behalf of Africa, by a competent Senegalese court with guarantees for fair trial.” More than five years later, Senegal has yet to execute this mandate and has now informed the African Union that Habré will not be tried in Senegal. Today the most realistic option to avoid impunity for the mass crimes allegedly committed by Hissène Habré, and the option supported by Chad, is to extradite him for trial to Belgium. We call on the African Union to support this option so that the victims can finally obtain justice.

  • Senegal: Stop stalling with Habré extradition
    Press release
    Jan 12, 2012
    The Senegalese government should stop delaying the extradition of former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium.
  • “Impunity is a cancer that prevents us from realizing our true potential”
    Backgrounder Briefing
    Dec 6, 2011
    Jacqueline Moudeina is president of the Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (ATPDH) and has been the lawyer for the victims of the former dictator Hissène Habré since 2000. In 2001, Ms. Moudeina was seriously injured by a grenade thrown by security forces commanded by a former officer in Hissène Habré’s political police. On December 5, 2011, Ms. Moudeina received the Right Livelihood Award 2011, which is considered to be the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” “for her tireless efforts at great personal risk to win justice for the victims of the former dictatorship in Chad and to increase awareness and observance of human rights in Africa.”
  • United Nations: A Move Toward Prosecuting Chad’s Ex-Dictator
    Press release
    Nov 29, 2011

    The United Nations Committee against Torture has called on Senegal to comply with its obligation to prosecute or extradite Chad's exiled former dictator, Hissène Habré.

  • The Netherlands: A Race to Bring Chad’s Ex-Dictator to Justice
    Press release
    Nov 23, 2011
    Thirty-eight students from the Netherlands ran in the New York City Marathon on November 6, 2011, to raise money to extradite the exiled former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré.
  • Statement of the Steering Committee of the International Committee for the Fair Trial of Hissène Habré
    Written statement
    Oct 27, 2011