The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) began judicial proceedings Friday in the trial of Rwandan Catholic priest Hormisdas Nsengimana , who is indicted on four counts including genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide,...
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Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande announced Friday the arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect Isaac Kamali by US authorities at the Philadelphia International Airport while Kamali was attempting to enter the United States earlier this...
UN war crimes tribunals call for cooperation in catching fugitives
Senior UN officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday urged countries to cooperate in the capture of numerous fugitives who remain at...
ICTR seeks return of genocide case to Rwanda court after death penalty abolition
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) requested Monday that the case against Fulgence Kayishema , who was indicted in absentia in 2001 for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide , be...
The lower house of the parliament of Rwanda voted Friday to abolish the death penalty effective July 1, with the hope that the measure will prompt other countries to extradite defendants...
Mikaeli Muhimana v. The Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, May 21, 2007 . Read the full...
Rwanda petitions ICJ over French arrest warrants for top officials
Rwanda petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Wednesday to resolve a dispute with France over an international arrest warrant issued by France for three Rwandan officials last November, and a request forwarded to the...
Rwanda local genocide justice in jeopardy if retaliatory killings continue: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday urged Rwandan judges and police to investigate and stop attacks on individuals administering or testifying in local tribunals known as Gacaca courts to bring those allegedly...
The Rwandan cabinet has agreed to abolish capital punishment, the country's justice minister said Friday, clearing the way for the extradition of defendants facing trial for the 1994 Rwandan genocide , during which over 800,000 people were killed....
The war crimes trial of former Rwandan colonel and prefect of Rwanda's capital city Tharcisse Renzaho began Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Renzaho faces charges...
