Rwanda genocide tribunal urged to prosecute top officers suspected of war crimes
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) must indict and try senior Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) officers suspected of war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged in a letter released Monday. HRW...
UN lawyer hints at transfer of genocide suspects to Rwanda for trials
UN Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs Pamela O'Brien apparently signaled a shift in official UN position by expressing sympathy for Rwanda's desire to try any remaining genocide suspects in Rwanda after the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda...
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...
Rwanda falls short in safeguarding defendant rights: HRW report
A report released Friday by Human Rights Watch states that the Rwandan government has made substantial progress in reforming its justice system over the past four years, but has fallen...
Genocide suspects held at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will now be able to receive conjugal visits, court officials said Saturday. Court spokesman Roland Amoussouga said that the new policy would bring the court's practices...
Rwanda arrests military officers for 1994 genocide involvement
The Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) , the national army of the republic of Rwanda, said Thursday that it has arrested four of its officers in connection with the killings of 13 clergyman and two civilians during the 1994...
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to extend the ICTR's mandate so that the court can complete all war crimes trials. Hassan Bubacar Jallow [official...
Rwanda genocide court defense lawyer claims prosecutor concealing evidence
A defense lawyer representing four ex-officers of the former Rwandan army facing trials before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has accused Prosecutor Hassan Jallow of concealing evidence favorable to the defense, according to...
Rwanda genocide tribunal to miss 2008 trials completion deadline: spokesman
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has officially indicated that it will be unable to complete its work before the expiration of its December 2008 mandate. ICTR spokesman Roland Amoussouga made the announcement at a press...
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the recent meeting at Chautauqua of nine of the twelve living international prosecutors, spanning the Nuremberg...
