Ranking of the army, the police or a civilian person.. : The blurry around the law interpreting the amnesty

The Alliance for the Republic (APR), the formation of former President Macky Sall, announces an appeal to the Constitutional Council against the law of interpretation of the amnesty law, adopted on Wednesday by the National Assembly. In a press release, the APR announces that the parliamentary group Takku Wallu Senegal of the opposition will seize the Council as soon as possible [...]

The amnesty does not concern individuals, but the facts. In other words, it applies to acts in connection with political considerations, but cannot cover those which seriously violate fundamental freedoms and human dignity. When an arrested person, without having been found guilty, is granted an amnesty, he or she can claim his or her innocence and seek legal remedy. However, certain crimes remain imprescriptible in the eyes of international law…