Assembly/AU/Dec.272(XIV)
DECISION ON THE HISSENE HABRE CASE
Doc. Assembly/AU/9(XVI)
The Assembly,
1.
TAKES NOTE of the Progress Report of the Commission on the Implementation of
Assembly Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.240(XII) and Decision Assembly/AU/246
(XIII) adopted by the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2009 and in
Sirte, Great Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in July 2009 respectively on the Hissene
Habre Case;
2.
REITERATES its commitment to fight impunity in conformity with the provisions of
Article 4(h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union
3.
ALSO TAKES NOTE that in spite of its previous Summit decisions calling on all
Member States to make voluntary contributions to the budget of the Hissene Habre
Case there has been no positive reactions from the majority of Member States;
4.
REITERATES its appeal to all Member States to contribute to the budget of the
trial and extend the necessary support to the Government of Senegal in the
execution of the African Union (AU) mandate to prosecute and try Hissene Habre;
5.
RECALLS its Decision Assembly/AU/246 (XIII) adopted in Sirte, Great Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya in July 2009, calling for the African Union to make a token contribution
to the budget of the trial for a sum to be determined following consultations
between the Commission and the Permanent Representatives Committee;
6.
REQUESTS the Government of Senegal, the Commission and
Partners,
particularly the European Union to continue with consultations with the view to
ensuring the holding of the Donors Round Table as soon as possible;
7.
INVITES all partner countries and institutions to support this process and the
Donors Round Table that will be organized in Dakar, Senegal in 2010;
8.
REQUESTS the Commission to monitor the implementation of this Decision and to
report to the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly through the Executive Council
in July 2010.
Adopted by the Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2 February 2010