The Trial of Hissène Habré
Time is Running Out for the Victims

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• I. Introduction and Recommendations

• II. Background

• Hissène Habré’s Rule

• Habré Is Indicted in Senegal

• The Case Moves to Belgium

• Senegal Sends the Extradition Request to the African Union

• The United Nations Rules Against Senegal

• The AU Mandates Senegal to Prosecute Habré “On Behalf of Africa”

• III. The Challenges Ahead

• Financial and Logistical Challenges

• Personnel and Training

• Incorporating the Results of the Belgian Investigation

• Accessibility

• Witness Protection

• IV. Legal Questions

• Legal reform

• Maintaining Habré’s presence in Senegal

• Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege

• Ne bis in idem

• Statute of limitations

• Immunity

• Independence of the judiciary

 

January 2007    Number 2