B. Right to life and to physical integrity 76. Article 4 of the African Charter stipulates that: “Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of this right.” 77. Acknowledging this rationale, Chad included the following provision in its Constitution (Article 17, paragraph 2): “Human being are sacred and inviolable. Everyone has the right to life, personal integrity, security, freedom, protection of his privacy and property.” 78. Several laws hence prohibit and punish violations of these rights. These include:  The Criminal Code, which stipulates in its article 252 that: “Any individual who has wilfully assaulted or injured, or committed any other violence or assault on another person, shall be punished by imprisonment from six days to one year and a fine of 500 to 50,000 FCFA. If there was premeditation or ambush or the use of a weapon, imprisonment shall be from 6 months to 5 years and a fine from CFAF 5,000 to 100,000”. “The penalty shall be doubled if the violence or injuries are inflicted upon a child under the age of 13” (Article 254).  The Chadian Criminal Code punishes abortion (Article 296) and family abandonment (Article 295). Moreover, Article 7 of the Criminal Code does not authorize the execution of a pregnant woman sentenced to death. Execution can only take place after the birth of the child. 79. With regard to the application of the death penalty, it should be noted that the first executions took place in 1991, in accordance with Article 5 of the Criminal Code, which stipulates that “executions shall be by firing squad”. In 2003, 9 death row prisoners were executed on 6 and 9 November 2003. In 2004, 19 people were sentenced to death for murder or for being an accomplice to murder. The Government has since embarked on a process to abolish the death penalty as evidenced in the draft Criminal Code currently being adopted. 80. Unfortunately, as part of efforts to fight against terrorism, the legislator reintroduced the death penalty on 30 July 2015 as an exception to prevent and punish the perpetrators of terrorist acts. Pursuant to this Act that is applicable in exceptional circumstances only, ten (10) terrorists of the Islamist sect “Boko Haram” were tried and sentenced to death on 28 August 2015 by the Criminal Court of the N'Djamena Court of Appeal. C. Prohibition of slavery, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment 1°) Prohibition of slavery Page 24 sur 87