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The Making of Chad’s Truth Commission

This chapter examines the establishment of the Chadian Truth Commission. As Hissène Habré’s successor, one of Idriss Déby’s first acts upon taking power in 1990 was to empanel a truth commission to document Habré’s crimes in Chad. The commission of inquiry into the crimes committed by the ex-president, his collaborators, and/or accomplices was established in Chad by decree number 014 on 29 December 1990. The mandate of the commission was to execute two essential but distinct missions. The first concerned crimes committed against persons. The mandate indicated to investigate allegations of kidnappings, detentions, assassinations, disappearances, torture, and barbarous acts, inhuman treatment, other violations of physical or moral integrity, and all human rights violations and trafficking in illegal substances. The second mission concerned crimes against property. The chapter then considers the challenges of working for the new regime to discredit the old, as well as the Commission's findings and their impact on the future prosecutions for Habré-era crimes in Chad and Senegal.