Barely on duty, Karim Khan, the new prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, will find on his desk a request for an investigation into Chad.
These are war crimes and crimes against humanity that are alleged to have been committed in the past year by the Chadian National Army against the insurgency, but also against the civilian population since the takeover of the Transitional Military Council (CMT).
Four human rights organizations, including two Chadian organizations, LTDH and CTDDH, have already filed a case with the ICC last month. Their lawyer, Philippe Larochelle, hopes that this reminder addressed to Karim Khan will quickly protect witnesses.
The war crimes already committed in connection with collisions with Boko Haram or with the forces in fact now relate to the civilian population itself. We believe that the prosecutor is now in a position to request protection measures for the victims and witnesses whose identity we intend to provide. […] We already have tables with hundreds of victims to communicate to the prosecutor. Our request is based on many pieces of evidence […]
Master Philippe Larochelle
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