The Dictator Hunter (2007)

The Dictator Hunter plot

Even a well-paying job at the United Nations, Human Rights Watch attorney Reed Brody is turning down his pursuit of former Chad President Hissène Habré, whose regime from 1984 to 1990 saw thousands of civilians detained, tortured and murdered. Brody's hunt for this 'African Pinochet' mainly consists of initiating international law and lobbying to get the trial on the (African) political agenda. "You have to play the game." Brody is tireless, as can be seen in the documentary that director Klaartje Quirijns made about this fluently French-speaking American. She follows him on his travels, from diplomatic chambers in New York to one of the regime's worst executioners in Paris and from Senegal, where Habré now lives in luxury, to a harrowing encounter with widows in Chad. The film not only provides insight into the situation (and the role of America) at the time, but especially into the working method of this lawyer. At the African Union Summit in Banjul in June 2006, the decision to take Habré yes or no to court is high on the agenda. If African leaders vote in favour, it would set a unique precedent.

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