Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

ICJ Commissioner Reed Brody: “Twenty years later, Pinochet’s arrest remains an inspiration”

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On October 16, 1998, the former dictator of Chile Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London on a warrant from a Spanish judge. Reed Brody participated in the subsequent legal case. Reed Brody went on to apply the “Pinochet precedent” in the landmark prosecution of the former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, who was convicted of crimes against humanity in Senegal in 2016. He now works with victims of the former dictator of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. The ICJ interviewed Brody about the Pinochet case and its legacy. What was your role in the Pinochet case? My role started when Pinochet was arrested in London.…

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