Dutch prosecutors have charged a Rwandan immigrant arrested in Amsterdam with committing war crimes and torture in Rwanda, officials said Thursday. Specifically, prosecutors alleged that "Joseph M." ordered the killing of several Tutsis that were dragged out of an...
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US Cambodia envoy urges new court to try Khmer Rouge genocide suspects promptly
The joint UN-Cambodian court that will try former leaders of the communist Khmer Rouge regime that decimated Cambodia's population in the "killing fields" of the late 1970s must move quickly or risk the deaths of more...
ICTR appeals chamber gives former Rwanda mayor life sentence
An appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday increased the sentence for former Rwandan mayor Sylvestre Gacumbitsi to life in prison , revising his 30-year prison sentence ,...
Trying Habre in Senegal: An African Solution to an African Problem?
JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), says that the favorable response by Senegal's president to an African Union call that former Chadian president Hissene Habre be...
Rwanda radio broadcaster sentenced to six years for inciting genocide
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday sentenced Joseph Serugendo to six years in prison for direct and public incitement to commit genocide and persecution as a crime against humanity under...
Rwanda president blasts ICTR for inefficiency, conflicts of interest
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has criticized the UN-funded International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as inefficient, and said that several ICTR employees should be testifying before the court for their...
Bush pledges assistance to Rwanda for 1994 genocide investigations
President Bush Wednesday pledged to aid the Rwandan government in apprehending individuals involved in the 1994 genocide during a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the White House. Bush also offered...
The Prosecutor v. Michel Bagaragaza, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, May 22, 2006 . Read...
ICTR says prosecutors cannot transfer Rwanda genocide case to Norway
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has denied prosecutors' request to transfer the trial of Rwandan genocide suspect Michel Bagaragaza to Norway because Norway does not have a specific law against...
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...