UN SG: international community must do more to prevent genocide
April 18, 2013
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that the international community must do more to prevent atrocities, during a ceremony Monday commemorating the nineteenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. Ban urged member states to precipitate the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the....... [more] 
Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France
April 3, 2013
French law enforcement officials on Wednesday arrested Tite Barahira, a former Rwandan leader, for conspiracy to commit genocide committed during the 1994 genocide in that country. Barahira was arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant issued in Rwanda, in the French city of Toulouse. Barahira was lead....... [more]
France court orders trial for Rwanda genocide suspect
April 3, 2013
A court in France on Tuesday ordered Pascal Simbikangwa, a former Rwandan Army Captain, to stand trial for crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 genocide in that country. Simbikangawa was arrested pursuant to an international arrest warrant. He was the head of Central Intelligence under....... [more]
The Evolving Nature of Universal Jurisdiction in Rwanda
March 28, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Leonard, the Henkel Family Chair in International Affairs at Shenandoah University, argues that the ongoing pursuit of justice 19 years after the Rwandan genocide is a positive step for international criminal justice that should be praised, not dismissed...Around this tim....... [more]
Rwanda opposition leader must be allowed appeal after unfair trial: AI
March 25, 2013
Amnesty International (AI) urged Monday that Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire be allowed an appeal in line with international standards after being convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment for denying the 1994 Rwanda genocide. According to AI's report, Ingabire, president of....... [more]
Suspected DRC war criminal surrenders to ICC
March 22, 2013
Congolese war crimes suspect Gen. Bosco Ntaganda voluntarily surrendered himself into the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday. The ICC is now in the process of transferring him to The Hague from Rwanda. The ICC issued two arrest warrants, one in 2006 and one in 2012, for Nta....... [more]
Congo war crimes suspect surrenders at US embassy in Rwanda
March 19, 2013
Congolese war crimes suspect Gen. Bosco Ntaganda surrendered himself to a US embassy in Rwanda on Monday and requested extradition to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ntaganda has been wanted by the ICC since 2006 on charges enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 and of usin....... [more]
Dutch court convicts woman for inciting genocide in Rwanda
March 1, 2013
A Dutch court on Friday convicted Yvonne Basebya, a Dutch citizen born in Rwanda, of inciting genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The District Court of The Hague sentenced Basebya to six years and eight months in prison for her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The court found that Basebya incited genoci....... [more]
Rwanda released 8,000 prisoners implicated in 1994 genocide
February 19, 2013
On February 19, 2007, Rwandan officials released 8,000 prisoners implicated in the country's 1994 genocide. Rwanda ordered the mass release to address prison overcrowding and to facilitate reconciliation. Officials stressed that no genocide masterminds were set free. Human rights groups denounced th....... [more]
Norway court convicts Rwandan genocide defendant
February 14, 2013
An Oslo City Court on Thursday sentenced a Rwandan man to 21 years for being an accomplice to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. His conviction was specifically related to 2,000 killings during April 1994 to which the defendant, Bugingo, had significant connection. Sadi Bugingo moved to Norway in 1994 afte....... [more]
Rwanda genocide tribunal sentenced ex-army officer to 15 years for incitement to genocide
February 11, 2013
On February 11, 2010, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sentenced former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi to 15 years in prison for public incitement to genocide. Per the ICTR, Muvunyi received credit for the time he had served since his arrest in 2000. Muvunyi had been ori....... [more]
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