Assembly/AU/Dec.246(XIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE HISSENE HABRE CASE Doc. Assembly/AU/12 (XIII) Rev.1 The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Progress Report of the Commission on the Implementation of Assembly Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.240(XII) adopted by the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2009 on the Hissene Habre Case; 2. ALSO TAKES NOTE of the final estimated budget for the trial; 3. EXPRESSES its regret that in spite of its previous Assembly decision calling on all Member States of the African Union (AU) to make voluntary contributions to the budget of the Hissene Habre case, there has been no positive reactions from 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 AU mandate to prosecute and try Hissene Habre; 5. DECIDES that the AU should 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 (PRC); 6. REQUESTS the Government of Senegal and the Commission in collaboration with the Partners, particularly the European Union to consider the possibility of organizing a donors' conference as soon as possible; 7. INVITES all partner countries and institutions to support this process and participate in the Donors Round Table that will be organized in this regard in Dakar, Senegal during the last quarter of 2009; 8. REQUESTS the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of this Decision and to report to the next ordinary session of the Assembly in February 2010; and in this regard, AUTHORIZES expenditure for necessary actions from arrears of contributions. Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009