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Former Chad dictator to face war crimes trial in Senegal

January 17, 2013 09:57:25 AM

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre will stand trial next month for alleged crimes against humanity, Senegal's Justice Minister Aminata Toure confirmed Tuesday. Senegal's national assembly adopted a law in December allowing Senegal to create a special tribunal...

December 20, 2012 12:21:58 PM

Senegal's national assembly adopted a law on Wednesday that will allow Senegal to create a special tribunal to try Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre . The law allows Senegal President Macky Sall to ratifying an accord ...

August 23, 2012 03:23:16 PM

The African Union (AU) and the government of Senegal on Wednesday signed an agreement creating a special tribunal in Dakar to try 69-year-old ex-Chadian dictator Hissene Habre for killing and torturing thousands of...

July 25, 2012 09:22:47 AM

The African Union (AU) and the government of Senegal agreed on Tuesday to create a special court to try ex-Chadian dictator Hissene Habre for killing and torturing thousands of political opponents...

July 20, 2012 12:55:37 PM

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Friday that Senegal must promptly either put on trial or extradite to Belgium Chadian ex-president Hissene Habre . The court's legally binding order also...

June 20, 2012 01:05:52 PM

The new Senegalese government should take this opportunity to protect and promote human rights by addressing the impunity that undermines the judicial system and rule of law in the country, Amnesty International (AI) said on Wednesday. In...

March 12, 2012 10:43:25 AM

Lawyers for the Belgian government on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Senegal to either prosecute former president of Chad Hissene Habre or extradite him to...

January 12, 2012 11:06:07 AM

A court in Senegal on Thursday rejected a Belgian court's request to extradite Hissene Habre , the former president of Chad, on accusations that he killed and tortured opponents during his regime. Habre served as...

July 12, 2011 03:36:37 PM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed support Tuesday for Senegal's decision not to send former dictator Hissene Habre back to Chad, where he is wanted...

July 11, 2011 11:44:24 AM

Senegal reversed its decision Sunday to send former Chad dictator Hissene Habre back to Chad after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned he could be tortured. Senegal suspended plans...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

Learn more about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.