Chad: Periodic Report, 1986-1996

Period Covered:	1986 - 1996
Date Submitted:	1 March 1997
Session Considered:	22nd Ordinary Session 2 - 11 November 1997. Banjul, Gambia

This report contains sections on:

Reminder of the context (discussion on Chad in the UN Commission on Human Rights)
Historical overview of Chad
The alleged continuing violations of human rights committed by the Chadian government and security forces
Arrests of journalists, human rights defenders and politicians
Extra-judicial executions
Military cooperation
Impunity
Independence of the judiciary
The legal and constitutional framework
Examples

The report refutes most of the allegations made by Amnesty International in a report which it published in October 1996.