Senegal: UN panel seeks trial or extradition of ex-Chad leader

A UN human rights committee has said Chad's former ruler, Hissene Habre, must be tried or extradited to Belgium, under the 1984 Convention against Torture. Chad's ex-president, who has lived in exile in Senegal for the past 16 years, is accused of mass murder and torture. The decision of the United Nations Committee Against Torture says that by not trying Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre, or allowing his extradition, Senegal is breaking international human rights law.