Assembly/AU/ Dec.340(XVI) Page 1 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 Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.297 (XV) on the Hissene Habre Case, adopted in Kampala, Uganda, on 27 July 2010; 2. REITERATES ALSO its previous Decisions on the Hissene Habre case adopted in July 2006, in February and July 2009, in February and July 2010 respectively; 3. CONFIRMS the mandate given by the African Union (AU) to Senegal to try Hissene Habre considering the continued readiness of Senegal to try him; 4. ALSO REITERATES its commitment to fight impunity in conformity with the provisions of Article 4(h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union; 5. ENDORSES the recommendation of the Committee of the Permanent Representatives (PRC) for an amount of US$ one (1) million as AU contribution to the budget of the trial and AUTHORISES expenditure from arrears of contributions; 6. WELCOMES the conclusions of the Donors Round Table for the funding of the Hissene Habre trial, held in Dakar, Senegal on 24 November 2010; 7. REQUESTS the Commission in collaboration with the Government of Senegal, Chad, and Partner countries and institutions to continue with their consultations with the view to mobilizing the pledges made during the Donors Round Table; 8. CALLS ON Member States, all partner countries and relevant institutions to disburse within a reasonable time the funds pledged at the Donors Round Table held on 24 November 2010 for the funding of the Hissene Habre trial in Senegal ; 9. REQUESTS the Commission to undertake consultations with the Government of Senegal in order to finalise the modalities for the expeditious trial of Hissene Habre through a special tribunal with an international character consistent with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice Decision; 10. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to follow-up and to report on the implementation of this Decision in June 2011.