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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday pledged his ongoing support for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and stressed that the international community must continue to combat...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sentenced former priest Emmanuel Rukundo  to 25 years imprisonment Friday after convicting him of genocide, crimes against humanity, and sexual assault. Rukundo, who was a military...

Former Rwandan defense investigator Léonidas Nshogoza went on trial Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Nshogoza was arrested in June 2007 for allegedly bribing witnesses, fabricating evidence, and "interfering with the...

Spain is considering legislation to limit the the scope of universal jurisdiction  applied by the country's National Court , according to Spanish media reports  Sunday. If adopted, the Reform of the Judiciary Act would...

Spanish foreign minister Miguel Moratinos has said he will push for legislation limiting the country's universal jurisdiction policies to prevent the investigation of Israeli officials, according to Friday statements by Israeli foreign minister...

The legal fate of captured Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda remained unclear Saturday, days after his surprise arrest in Rwanda. Nkunda was apprehended Thursday near the border with the DRC after a joint...

JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says the pending closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison by executive order of new US President Barack Obama pointedly leaves open the politically and legally troubling question of what...

A court in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on Tuesday sentenced former justice minister Agnes Ntamabyariro to life in prison for inciting violence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide . The Court of First Instance of Nyarugenge found [BBC...

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) prosecutor Justice Hassan B. Jallow on Tuesday appealed the 15-year sentence given to popular Rwandan singer-songwriter Simon Bikindi . Jallow appealed...

JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law and a Lead Defense Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), says that if - as the ICTR recently ruled in the "Military I" trial - alleged...