By Noam Schimmel, First published at Mcgill university’s Center for Human rights and Legal Pluralism today. If you were asked to consider what would be a just sentence for someone who organized and implemented the mass murder of several thousand – possibly tens of thousands or hundreds of […]
Kigali 23/04/2015: As Rwandans await the final verdict in the longest ever trial by ICTR that has spanned 14 years, the reparation of Genocide survivors still hangs in balance. If no decision is taken about the reparation of survivors before the tribunal winds up by December, efforts to […]
Arusha, April 14, 2015 (FH) – Lawyers for Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, the only woman held by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), on Tuesday called for her to be acquitted on appeal. The plea came as appeals hearings started for Nyiramasuhuko, former Minister of Family Affairs, in the […]
Genocide-convicted Augustin Ngirabatware/ Photo byTribune Franco-Rwandaise Arusha, December 18, 2014(FH) – The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) on Thursday reduced ex-Planning Minister Augustin Ngirabatware’s sentence for genocide from 35 to 30 years on appeal. The MICT was set up by the UN in December 2010 to handle […]
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) must in theory close its doors on December 31. On November 8, it celebrated twenty years of existence. While the Tribunal’s contribution to fighting impunity is clear, observers point to remaining grey areas of its legacy. These include the failure to […]
After 20 years, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is due to close its doors on December 31. Below are some of its landmark decisions. • September 2, 1998: first ICTR judgment This was the first judgment handed down by the ICTR, but also the first for […]
Arusha, September 29, 2014 (FH) – The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which is to close its doors by the end of this year, on Monday confirmed a sentence of life in jail for former Rwandan Youth Minister Callixte Nzabonimana. The Appeals judges cancelled […]
L-R/ Karemera and Ngirumpatse The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will hand down its appeals judgment on September 29 in the case of two former Rwandan political party leaders, Hirondelle learned hirindelle on on monday Matthieu Ngirumpatse was president of the MRND party, while Edouard Karemera was […]
Dans un communiqué de presse publié aujourd’hui par IBUKA mémoire et Justice Asbl à l’occasion du lancement de la 20ème commémoration du genocide contre les Tutsi, L’assocation appelle le monde pour se joindre avec elle pendant ce moment de commemoration du genocide contre les Tutsis. IBUKA déclare que […]
Supreme Court registrar Olivier Rukundakuvuga (R) shows Teeven (C) and Rugege around the court premises yesterday. The New Times/Courtesy The visiting Dutch Minister for Migration, Security and Justice, Fred Teeven, said yesterday his country was ready to extradite or deport some Genocide suspects to Rwanda within one-and-a-half years. […]
Photo: Gregoire Ndahimana, Photo/file Arusha, December 16, 2013 (FH) – The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday sentenced a former mayor to 25 years in jail for the massacre of Tutsis in a church during the 1994 genocide, whereas the lower court […]
Arusha (FH) – The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), set up to handle the residual tasks of the UN tribunals for Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia, currently has only one case pending before it. That means that unless there are new arrests, it is likely to finish its judicial […]
Jean Kambada Arusha, August 7, 2013 (FH) – Writing from his prison cell in Mali, former Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda has released a book that paints a damning portrait of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Kambanda, who was given a maximum sentence of […]
Bernard Munyagishari after being handed over to the Rwandan security at Kigali international airport yesterday. The New Times/John Mbanda The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) yesterday transferred to Rwanda Genocide suspect Bernard Munyagishari from its custody in Arusha, Tanzania. The former head of the genocidal party MRND […]
Arusha July 24, 2013 (FH) – The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday handed over a second accused to the Rwandan authorities, in line with a transfer decision by the Court. “The plane carrying him has landed, and Munyagishari has disembarked,” spokesman for the Kigali Attorney […]
Press release: Roundtable Discussion, Kigali28 June 2013 Report on the International Trust Fund for Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda-and-Joint Declaration on the Rights to Reparation for Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda 2014 is the twentieth commemoration of the genocide, and […]
Following the Press release issued by IBUKA, download full press release here, The national umbrella body for genocide survivors organizations in Rwanda, expressing concern over the accusations made against the ICTY Judge president and ultimately the validity of judgements rendered by this controversial figure in the international criminal […]
No one enjoys to be dependent on hand-outs, and as such our focus is providing the tools and resources to provide a hand-up to genocide survivors to enable them to rebuild their lives after the genocide. This month marks the nineteenth anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in […]
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