President Hissein Habré’s defence draws the attention of the African and international public opinion over the fact that it brought an action in front of the ECOWAS court of Human Rights once again, in order to sanction the violations by the State of Senegal, of its human rights.
Should we recall here that in its previous judgment dated 18 November 2010, the High Court has already ruled that the State of Senegal should “comply with decisions made by its National Jurisdictions including respect for authority of res judicata”. In the operative part of the same decision, it was ordered to Senegal “to respect the absolute principle of non-retroactivity". The High Court has also stated that the African Union (AU) is not a court of law, and therefore its involvement in the Habré case was both improper and illegal. This judgment also...














