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The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday overturned the genocide conviction and 20-year prison sentence for Protais Zigiranyirazo , ruling that the the...

Prosecutors from the five major international tribunals on Monday called on member states "to seriously consider the adoption of a convention on the Suppression and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity." The statement came at the end of...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday sentenced former director of the Rwanda tea industry Michel Bagaragaza to eight years in prison on charges of complicity in genocide...

INTERPOL announced Thursday that Rwandan genocide suspect Emmanuel Uwayezu has been arrested in Italy. The former Rwandan clergyman had long been sought by Rwandan authorities in connection with the killings of approximately 80 Gikongoro province...

The trial of Rwandan genocide suspect Jean-Baptiste Gatete began Tuesday with opening statements from the prosecution and defense before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Gatete, the former Mayor...

Former Hutu intelligence chief Idelphonse Nizeyimana on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to charges related to his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW...

Former Hutu intelligence chief Idelphonse Nizeyimana , wanted for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide , has been arrested in Uganda, officials announced Tuesday. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)...

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that to really deliver on his recent declaration at the UN that "international law is not an empty promise, and that Treaties will be enforced," President Obama...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday began the trial of former Rwandan minister of planning Augustin Ngirabatware for his alleged involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Ngirabatware faces...

A former Rwandan government official pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of complicity in genocide before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Michel Bagaragaza accepted charges that he funded,...