15. At its meeting on 1 and 2 July 2006, the Conference of African Union then gives the Republic of Senegal mandate to prosecute and judge him "on behalf of Africa by a competent court with guarantees a fair trial. " 16. Mr. Hissein Habre contends that contempt of court decisions already made and in violation of the general principles of law, Senegal then began changing its laws and its Constitution to allow for its continuation and new trial by a Senegalese court, thus violating the conditions and guarantees of a fair trial. He asks asks the Court to find violations in respect of the principle of nonretroactivity of criminal law, principles of equal justice and the right to a fair trial. Facts by Defendant 17. The State of Senegal while acknowledging the various decisions of these courts on the indictments against Mr. Hissein Habre during the period when he was President of the Republic of Chad, said the debate is solely at the development conformity of its legislation with its international commitments in this regard indicates that the Defendant, seized by the same plaintiffs who initiated proceedings against Mr. Hissein Habré to justice in Senegal, the UN Committee against Torture, reminded State of Senegal "that according to article 5 paragraph 2 of the Convention, as a State Party, it shall adopt the necessary legislative reforms to establish its jurisdiction over the acts specified in the statement." 18. The State of Senegal concludes that to comply with its obligations under international conventions it has reformed its criminal law in carrying out constitutional and legislative changes that the Applicant considers to violate his human rights and he says he has taken no legal action against Mr. Hissein Habre.