Former Chadian leader awaits verdict on charges of Crimes against humanity

judges at the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Senegal court system will deliver their verdict in the trial of former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré. Habré faces charges of crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes, and the prosecutor has asked the court to hand down a life sentence. The chambers were inaugurated by Senegal and the African Union in February 2013 to prosecute the "person or persons" most responsible for international crimes committed in Chad between 1982 and 1990, the period when Habré was president. The trial began on July 20, 2015 and ended on February 11, 2016, after testimony from ninety-three witnesses and final arguments. It was the first trial in the world in which the courts of one country prosecuted the former ruler of another for alleged human rights crimes. It was also the first universal jurisdiction case to proceed to trial in Africa. For more on this, Gosego Dingake spoke to Andrew Stroehlein - Media Director at Human Rights Watch on the line from Brussels.