Its outcome is a watershed for human rights justice in Africa and beyond. After much hard bargaining, they resulted in the first time an African country has prosecuted the former leader of another African country for massive human rights abuses. Generally critical of international courts which it has often denounced as a western endeavour targeting mainly African officials and warlords, the African Union in the end relented. The fact that the trial was held with the support of the African Union was another a turning point. In the trial, which began last July, Habré eventually faced a special tribunal created for the case by the African Union under a deal with Senegal.

Source: The Guardian May 31, 2016 18:20 UTC