17. In his applk alion , Lhe Appli cant averr ed, amon g other thing s,
that ·'the Repu blic and State of Seneg al and the Repu blic and State
of Chad , mem bers of the AfricGm Unjon , are partie s lo the Proto col
and
[estab lishin g the Afric an Cour t on Huma n and Peopl es' Right s!
have, rcsp< 'ctivel y, made the decla ration presc ribed in Articl e 34 (6)
s
acccp ling the comp etenc e of U1e Cour t to receiv e appli cation
subm itted by indiv iduals ".
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18. With regar d to the facls, the Appli cant subm itted that Hisse
al
H abrc , forme r Presi dent of Chad , is a politi cal refug ee in Seneg
of
since Dece mber 1990. and that m 2000 , he was suspe cted
of
comp licity in c nmes aga1n st huma nity. war crime s and acts
tortu re in lhe cxcrc tse of h1R t.lut]C'~ as I lead of State , an allega tion
basl·d on the comp lamts b,v the presu med victim s of Chad ian
origin .
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19. The Appli cant furth er ave;r cd that, by decis ion of July 2006
ts
the Afric an Union had mand aled Seneg al to "cons ider all aspec
and impJ1 cation s of the I l1ssem Habrc casL' and take all
with
appro priat< :' steps to find a soluti on: or that failing , come up
n
an Afnca n opt1o n to lhc prohl e.m posed by Lhc crimi nal prose cutio
of th<' forml •r Hcud of State of Chad , Mr. Hisse in 1-labn~ .. . "
20. I fe also subn1 jlted lhat, on 23 1d July 2008 , the two cham bers
the
of Lhc Purll amcn l of Seneg aJ adopt ed a law amen ding
nal
Cons tilutiD n and ~·authorizing retroa ctive appli cation of its crimi
in
laws . \Vilh a v1cw to trying exclu sive!) ' and solely Mr. Hisse
Habr t" .
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21. Hc alkgc d t hr1 t by so dotng , Sc ncgru violat ed the "sacr osanc
pnnci pl<" of non 1 ctroac llvity of crimm al law , a princ iple enshr ined
e 7 (2) of
not only 111 the S<"nc galcsc Canst 11 u Lion bu l a Iso in Articl
the Africa n Char ter on H urn an and Peopl es' Right s" to which
Seneg a l is a party .
22 .. \ cco 1ding to lhe 1\pplt cant, Lhe action of Seneg al also
for
porlr a ved that co untry 's inten tion Hto use in abusi ve mann er,
it by the
politJ c;-..d and pec uniar y end~. lht' mand ate confe rred on
cant,
Appli
Afn u:m Union in ,Jul.) 2006" . Furlh er, accor ding to the
in '>ptnt g for a JUdic ia l solut wn JHthc r than an Afric an soluti on
ntu': h->
inspn -cd by Africa n tradit ion , such HS the use of the "Ubu
~
instit u tion (rccon ctliati on throu gh dialoi-,rtle, lruth and reparations)
Seneg a] sough t to use its servic es a~ Le-ga.l agent of the Afric an
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