Five years after the historic judgment in Senegal against the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, victims of his brutal regime have received nothing from the $150 million court-ordered reparations, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including Human Rights Watch, said on May 30.
In a joint statement entitled, “Chad, the African Union and the International Community Must Not Abandon Hissène Habré’s Victims Now”, the organizations noted that the African Union-backed Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC), supported by the African Union and the international community, on May 30, 2016, convicted Habré of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and torture, including sexual slavery, and sentenced him to life in prison.
