Before the Commission was created, President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was overthrown and killed on 9 April 1999, and the Fourth Republic's constitution suspended.
[1] Also during its first year, the Commission issued a report that found that the Government violated laws and regulations concerning traditional chiefs when it removed the Sultan of Zinder.
The remaining social relationships that could be classified as slavery were effectively voluntary arrangements, based on tradition and continued because the slaves felt "at ease with the master", according to Lompo.
[6] On 14 September 2006, Lompo addressed the United Nations General Assembly meeting on the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
[9] By 2007 government-established National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties operated without government interference but lacked resources, was generally considered ineffective, and issued few reports or recommendations.
During 2007 new commission elections were held but controversy over the selection process continued, with representatives of two human rights associations contesting each other's participation.
[10] On 4 September 2008 a new CNDHLF leadership was elected with Mamoudou Djibo, an academic, becoming Chairperson,[11] Aissata Adamou Zakaria, a former magistrate becoming vice-chair.