Brody To Catch a Dictator

The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55463-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

To Catch a Dictator is a dramatic insider’s account of the hunt for Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, and his momentous trial. The human rights lawyer Reed Brody recounts how he and an international team of investigators, legal experts, and victims went on a quest for justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brody, Reed

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Jacqueline Moudeïna
Prologue
Part I. Hissène Habré, an “African Pinochet”
1. Souleymane Guengueng
2. Hissène Habré
3. The Pinochet Precedent
4. A President Can Be Prosecuted
Part II. Building the Case
5. Politics Enters the Picture
6. The Terror Files
7. A Grenade Attack
8. Justice Comes to Chad
9. A Banana Republic?
10. Reed Brody’s Schedule
11. Habré Is Indicted, Again
12. The Caliph
13. A Senegalese Merchant
14. “Reed Bloody, a Hateful Jew”
15. Habrémania
16. Habrécadabra
17. The Trade Union of Heads of State
18. “On Behalf of Africa”
Part III. Building a Court
19. Mr. X
20. La France
21. Panic in Chad
22. An “Insider” Witness
23. “Hope Is the Last Thing to Vanish”
24. A Bizarre Decision
25. Backlash
26. “A Political and Legal Soap Opera”
27. “Hurricane Mimi”
28. “President Habré Has Been Kidnapped”
29. A Trial in Chad
Part IV. The Trial of Hissène Habré
30. Two Heart Attacks
31. Round One to Habré
32. “You Will Be Tried Whether You Like It or Not”
33. “From the Victims I Ask for Forgiveness”
34. Khadidja Tells Her Secret
35. The Man Who Runs Faster Than Death
36. Souleymane Testifies
37. The Verdict Is Announced
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Reed Brody worked for eighteen years alongside Hissène Habré’s victims on behalf of Human Rights Watch. He has helped pursue Augusto Pinochet of Chile, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier of Haiti, and Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia. He also uncovered atrocities by U.S.-backed Contras in Nicaragua, led United Nations missions in El Salvador and the Congo, and exposed Bush-administration torture.