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“Africa’s Pinochet”, Hissène Habré and the first judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’

5 December 2011 by Administrator

In a week where the UN Committee against Torture has called on Senegal to comply with its obligation to prosecute or extradite Chad’s exiled dictator, Hissène Habré (see here), in this post I take a look back at the first judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“ACHPR”), Yogogombaye v. Senegal, which concerned a petition filed by Michelot Yogogombaye calling for the dismissal of the charges pending in Senegal against Mr. Habré

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