Senegal criticized for delaying prosecution of former Chad dictator
A coalition of international and African human rights groups Monday criticized Senegal for delays in the prosecution of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre and called on the African...
Senegal amends constitution to allow war crimes trial of former Chad dictator
The National Assembly of Senegal on Tuesday amended the Senegalese Constitution to give Senegalese courts jurisdiction over the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre , who is...
No Senegal trial of former Chad dictator Habre in 2008: EU adviser
Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre will not go on trial this year for crimes against humanity, according to an EU official sent to Senegal to advise the court where Habre will be tried [press...
Peter Weiss and Jeanne Sulzer : "On October 26, while Donald Rumsfeld was attending a conference in Paris, a war crimes complaint based on his authorization for and encouragement of...
Senegal probe for Habre crimes against humanity trial to begin within months
Senegalese prosecutors will begin an investigation into former Chadian president Hissene Habre within months so that Habre can face trial for alleged torture and mass killings in Senegal in the 1980s, victims' lawyers said...
Habre will face trial in domestic criminal court: Senegal justice minister
Former Chadian president Hissene Habre , who has been charged with crimes against humanity, will stand trial before a Senegalese criminal court, rather than before a special tribunal as previously decided, Senegal's Justice Minister Sheik...
A three-year delay can be expected before former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre is brought to trial, Senegal Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio said Tuesday following an African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia. The delay...
JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), says that China's economic interests in the Sudan - especially as the consumer of over 60 percent of Sudan's existing...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Senegal to accelerate the process of bringing former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre to justice in a briefing paper released Thursday. Following a recommendation ...
The government of Senegal indicated Thursday that it will reexamine its local laws in order to bring to justice former Chad dictator Hissene Habre , now living in Senegal. In 1992 a Chadian Truth Commission...
