Former Rwanda mayor sentenced to 15 years on genocide charges
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday sentenced a former Rwandan mayor to 15 years in prison for his participation in the 1994 genocide that the Rwandan government estimates left at...
JURIST Guest Columnist David Scheffer, former US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues (1997-2001), now at Northwestern University School of Law, says that the government's attempt to charge Salim Ahmed Hamdan with conspiracy to commit war crimes - a...
UN prosecutor seeks to transfer Rwanda genocide case to Norway
Hassan Bubacar Jallow , lead prosecutor for the UN-affiliated International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) asked Wednesday that the Tribunal transfer the case of former Rwanda official Michel Bagaragaza to Norway. Bagaragaza, who...
ICTR upholds genocide acquittal of two former Rwanda government officials
The appellate chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday upheld a trial chamber acquittal of two high-ranking government officials accused of genocide and massive crimes against humanity during the 1994 crisis....
Prosecutors at an appeals hearing in Arusha, Tanzania, Monday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to overturn the genocide acquittals of two former Rwandan officials. One-time Rwandan Transport Minister Andre Ntagerura and...
French judge to probe role of French troops in Rwanda genocide
French Judge Brigitte Raynaud has decided to open a formal investigation into accusations that French soldiers may have acted in complicity with Hutu militias who killed between 500,000 and 800,000 Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Several...
Indicted Rwandan cooperating with ICTR genocide probe found dead
A body found in a canal in Brussels, Belgium, was identified on Friday as that of an indicted Rwandan ex-minister cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Former Rwandan Commerce Minister Juvenal Uwilingiyimana was indicted...
Ex-Rwandan army officer sentenced to 25 years for genocide conviction
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday convicted retired Rwandan army officer Lt. Col. Aloys Simba of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 25 years in prison...
JURIST Guest Columnist Donna Arzt, Director of the Center for Global Law and Practice at Syracuse University College of Law, says that when the incoming president of Liberia takes office in January she should ask Nigeria to extradite former Liberian...
A former Rwandan mayor on Wednesday pleaded guilty to aiding the 1994 genocide as part of a plea deal with prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Under the plea deal, Paul...
