The African debate
Africa and international justice
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Opening of the trial for the assassination of Thomas Sankara, in the banquet hall of Ouaga 2000, Burkina Faso, on October 11, 2021. © AFP - OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT
By: Alain Foka Follow
1 min
In April 2017, Senegal sentenced former Chadian President Hissène Habré to life for war crimes, after organizing the first trial held in Africa under the principle of universal jurisdiction.
Five years later, after six months of hearing, the Burkinabè justice condemns among others the former president Blaise Compaoré to life imprisonment in the case of the assassination of Thomas Sankara.
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Is African justice equipped to judge its criminals and unscrupulous leaders?
Can it really do without international jurisdictions?
With the participation of :
- Jacqueline Moudeïna, lawyer at the Bar of Chad and former president of the Chadian association for the promotion and defense of human rights (ATPDH)
- Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara
, lawyer at the Bar of Burkina Faso
- Josette Kadji
, lawyer at the Cameroon Bar.
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