In 2005, following the death of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, the country entered a period of institutional crisis and violent political unrest. To investigate this violence, the Mission d’Établissement des Faits was created. In 2005, at the request of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, EAAF participated in a mission aimed at evaluating reports of human rights violations in the country from a forensic perspective.
