UN rights chief says nations aren't adequately protecting rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told the 61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights Monday that nations are falling short of their responsibilities to protect and promote human...
The Prosecutor v. Vicent Rutaganira, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , March 14, 2005 . Excerpt:The Accused...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday sentenced Vincent Rutaganira, a former local leader, to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge of extermination by omission. In the court's first judgment this year,...
Former Rwandan mayor Juvenal Kajelijeli Monday began his courtroom appeal of a life sentence imposed on himm in 2003 by the UN-created International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . Kajelijeli, onetime mayor...
Six Rwandan citizens have filed a lawsuit in France against French soldiers for their role in the Rwanda genocide . The Paris army tribunal, the only court which can try French troops for conduct committed abroad, will decide...
Kenneth Anderson, Washington College of Law, American University:I want to go back to something that everyone has already talked to death - the UN report from a week or two back concluding that although Darfur involves mass murder, it does...
International brief ~ Annan reports to Security Council on Sudan
In Friday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan formally reported to the Security Council Friday morning on the finding of the special UN commission on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. While the commission did...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is set to begin trials for 17 suspects charged for alleged roles in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, according to prosecutor Hassan Jallow. The new trials will proceed...
International tribunal leaders report lack of cooperation, but vow to finish by 2008
Leaders from the UN tribunals for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda have reported to the Security Council that, despite some lack of cooperation by member states in arresting and transfering indicted individuals, they will complete their...
International brief ~ UN Security Council travels to Africa for Sudan discussions
The UN Security Council arrives in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday in preparation for its official meetings on the peace process in Sudan on Thursday. The meeting marks only the fourth time that the UN Security Council has ever held...
