In February, after the Democratic Republic of Congo challenged an arrest warrant against its foreign minister, the International Court of Justice said Belgium had gone too far by not respecting the immunity of sitting office holders. The Habré case poses no such problems, because Habré is no longer in office and because Chad, where the crimes were committed, and Senegal, where Habré resides, are both ready to see him tried in Belgium.
Однако с тех пор бельгийские политики уже выразили свое недовольство, поскольку папки с материалами дел против Ариеля Шарона, Яссера Арафата и Фиделя Кастро сильно выросли.