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 […]
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