The president on trial : prosecuting Hissène Habré
Sharon Weill (Editor), Kim Thuy Seelinger (Editor), Kerstin Bree Carlson (Editor)
"This book details and contextualizes the Habr trial. It presents the trial and its impact using a novel structure of first-person accounts from 26 direct actors (Part I), accompanied by academic analysis from leading experts on international criminal justice (Part II). Combined, these views present both local and international perspectives through distinct but inter-locking parts: empirical source material from understudied actors both within and outside the court is then contextualized with expert analysis that reflects on the construction and work of: the Extraordinary African Chamber (EAC) as well as wider themes of international criminal law. Together with an introduction laying out the work and significance of the EAC and its trial of Hiss ne Habr , the book is a comprehensive consideration of a history-making trial."--Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2020
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020
Trials, litigation, etc
xv, 442 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780198858621, 0198858620
1142032671
Foreword, Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Co-recipientHissène Habré on Trial: Mapping the Long Road to Justice (Sharon Weill, Kim Thuy Seelinger, and Kerstin Carlson) Part I. The Trial as Told by its ActorsEditors' IntroductionA. Early Prosecution Attempts (1982-2012)1: The 'Archives of Terror', Olivier Bercault, Human Rights Watch coordinator of the case (2000- 2008).2: The Making of Chad's Truth Commission, Judge Abakar Mahamat Hassan, President of the Chadian Truth Commission3: Documenting Crimes and Organizing Victims in Chad, Souleymane Guengueng, Founder of the Association of Victims of Political Repression in Chad4: Tenacity, Perseverance, and Imagination in the 'Private International Prosecution' of Hissène Habré, Reed Brody, Senior Counsel with Human Rights Watch and architect of Chadian victims' long campaign for justice5: Defending Habré in Senegal During the Early Years, Hélene Cissé, member of Habré's defence team in the first domestic proceedings in Senegal (1999-2001)6: The Belgian Investigation of the Habré Regime, Excerpt of EAC trial testimony of Daniel Fransen, Belgian Investigating Judge7: In His Own Words: An Interview with Hissène Habré, Excerpted interview from La Gazette, Dakar, 2011B. Establishing the Court8: Creating the EAC in Senegal: Perspectives from the African Union, Ben Kioko, Former Legal Counsel to the Commission of the African Union and judge on the African Court on Human and People's Rights9: Arresting Habré, Marcel Mendy, Coordinator of the EAC Communications Unit10: Investigations in Senegal and Chad: Cooperation and Challenges, Judge Jean Kandé, Investigating judge at the EAC11: Managing the EAC, Amadou Mokhtar Seck, EAC Administration and Finance Office12: Professionalizing a Political Trial: A Clerk's Perspective, Abouly Ba, clerk at the EACC. The Trial13: Prosecuting International Crimes in Senegal, Mbacke Fall, EAC Prosecutor14: Defending Habré, Mounir Ballal, court-appointed defense lawyer before the EAC15: From Victim to Witness and the Challenges of Sexual Violence Testimony, Jacqueline Moudeina, Victims' Legal Counsel before the EAC16: Supporting Victims at Trial: Civil Parties' Perspective, Alain Werner and Emmanuelle Marchand, Legal consultants for Civil Parties during the trial17: Can we be friends? Offering an Amicus Curiae Brief to the EAC, Kim Thuy Seelinger, Naomi Fenwick, Khaled Alrabe, UC Berkeley18: The Habré Trial Judgement: A Summary of the First Instance Judgements of the EAC, Elise Le Gall, International Criminal Law expert with the EAC Office of the Prosecutor19: The Habré Appeals Decision: A Summary of the Appeal Decision of the EAC, Elise Le Gall20: Reflections on the Habré Appeals Decision, Judge Ouagadeye Wafi, EAC Appeals Chamber21: The Real Fight Begins; Victims Struggle for an Effective Right to Reparation, Gaëlle Carayon and Jeanne Sulzer (Redress/FIDH)D. Beyond the Courtroom22: A Donor's Perspective, Sarah Valentina Fall, Human Rights and Human Security program, Swiss Embassy in Dakar23: Outreach for the EAC: An Extraordinary Experience, Franck Petit, team leader for the Outreach Consortium on the EAC24: Covering Habré: The Diary of a Local Journalist, Ngoundji Dieng, Senegalese Journalist for Senegalese daily, The Quotidien25: Prosecutions in Chad, Henri Thulliez, Senior coordinator for Human Rights Watch26: Academia as Partner in the Habré Trial, Érick Sullivan and Fannie Lafontaine, The Clinic for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law (CDIPH), Laval University, CanadaPart II. Reflections on the Significance of the Habré Case and BeyondEditors' IntroductionA. Portraits, Positionality, Paradigms27: Africa Against Global Justice? Stakes for Building a Political Sociology on the Futures of International Criminal Justice, Sara Dezalay28: The Habré trial and the Malabo Protocol: An Emerging African Criminal Justice?, Ndeye Amy Ndiaye29: Expertise in the Bench? The Dis-Embeddedness of International Criminal Justice, Julien Seroussi30: Hybrid Justice and the Rights of the Defence: Existence at the Periphery, Dov JacobsB. Institutions, Norms, and Pillars31: Hybrid: A Spectrum of Possibilities, Mark Kersten and Kirsten Ainley32: "Civil Law" v. "Common Law" Criminal Procedure: The Key or the Lock for ICL Success, Leila Bourguiba33: The ICJ's Senegal v. Belgium Judgment and the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite Alleged Torturers: The Case of Al Bashir and the ICC, Manuel Ventura and Victor Baiesu34: Victims as a Third Party at the ICCL Empowerment of Victims?, Liesbeth ZegveldC. Capturing the Judicial Process: Actors and Dynamics35: "We Will Not Go Away": The Participation of Victims in International Criminal Tribunals, Eric Stover and Stephen Cody36: Reparations and the Habré Trial in Context, Christophe Sperfeldt37: Hybrid Courts and Amicus Curiae Briefing, Sarah Williams38: "Sexualized Slavery" and Customary International Law, Patricia Sellers and Jocelyn Kestenbaum39: Witness Protection, Nancy CombsD. The Political and its Interaction: Captured Institutions?40: Hissène Habré, the Little Bird on the Brance, and the Challenges of International Criminal Justice, Pierre Hazan41: The ICC and Africa, Richard Goldstone42: The 'Habré Effect', Universal Jurisdiction and Courts in Africa, Mia Swart43: Main Challenges and the Future of International Criminal Law, William Schabas