Belgium welcomes the smooth conduct of the trial of Hissène Habré, whose verdict was delivered today by the Extraordinary African Chambers. They convicted H. Habré for crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of torture committed in Chad during his presidency between 1982 and 1990.
 

Belgium congratulates Senegal for his courage and determination to bringing justice to victims, an advance in the fight against impunity.
 
As a reminder, Belgium had, since 2005, issued an arrest warrant against Hissène Habré and addressed an extradition request to the Senegalese authorities that remained unanswered. Belgium then seized in 2009 the International Court of Justice in its dispute with Senegal on this case. The ICJ delivered in 2012 its decision summoning Senegal to prosecute H. Habré or, failing that, to extradite him to Belgium.