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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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