Rwanda

30 November 2015 by JusticeInfo.net

Rwanda Tribunal Shows “Impunity is Not an Option" Human Rights Watch (HRW) was in the forefront of NGOs pushing for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which officially closes its doors on December 1. Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner, international justice advocacy [...]

11 October 2015 by Franck Petit, JusticeInfo.Net

OUTCRY AS FRANCE DROPS CASE ON RWANDAN PRIEST ACCUSED OF GENOCIDE A French court has dismissed the case against Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, the first case opened in France on the Rwandan genocide under the principle of universal competence. The announcement on October 2 has caused an outcry. T [...]

20 August 2015 by AFP

FRENCH PROSECUTORS WANT TO DROP CASE TRANSFERRED BY ICTR After 20 years of investigations, Paris prosecutors said Wednesday they had asked for the case against a Rwandan Catholic priest accused of genocide to be thrown out. The case of Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka was transferred to Fr [...]

Opinion

3 August 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net

“Guilt Should Not Blind Us” to Rwanda Abuses, Says Expert The surprise June 20, 2015 arrest in London of Rwandan spy chief Karenzi Karake on a Spanish arrest warrant brought strong protest from the Rwandan government. Karake is currently free on bail, pending hearings in October on wheth [...]

16 July 2015 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Head of Project and associate professor at the University of Neuchâtel

Repentance in Rwanda as the Price for Freedom What was to be done with 120,000 suspected genocide perpetrators? That was the terrible question facing Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. Hence its introduction of village courts known as gacaca and policies of forgiveness. After Bu [...]

14 July 2015 by Emmanuel Sehene

Procedure Could Overturn Suspect Transfer to Rwanda Should the transfer to Kigali of the first suspect from the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) be overturned? Procedures have been under way since May before the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals ( [...]

Opinion

27 June 2015 by Anneke van Woudenberg

Opinion: Ending Genocide in Rwanda Does not Excuse Murder When Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, the head of Rwanda’s intelligence services, was brought into the dock of a London court on Thursday, he clasped his hands above his head in a two-fisted salute to the public gallery. Dozens cheered; o [...]

24 June 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net

CASE AGAINST RWANDAN SPY CHIEF APPEARS FLIMSY, SAYS EXPERT Arrested Rwandan spy chief Karenzi Karake is due to reappear in court in Britain on Thursday, where prosecutors have asked for his extradition to Spain. Karake was detained by police at Heathrow airport on Saturday on a Spanish ar [...]

5 June 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza

Mission Partly Accomplished for Rwanda Tribunal The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is set to close its doors this year after pronouncing judgment in its last Appeals trial. Whilst this UN body’s contribution to the fight against impunity is not in question, o [...]

27 May 2015 by Julia Crawford

Mixed View of Rwanda Tribunal as it Prepares to Close The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is set to close its doors this year after pronouncing judgment in its last Appeals trial. Whilst this UN body’s contribution to the fight against impunity is not in question, o [...]

27 May 2015 by Sehene Ruvugiro

RWANDAN SWAMP BECOMES GENOCIDE MEMORIAL Bugesera (southeast Rwanda), April 21, 2015 (FH) - “Kayitesi Alice, Mukagasana Vénantia, Sebigimba André, Semutabaruka Straton… ”. Names of men and women engraved on memorial tablets erected on the banks of a moving swamp in Ntara [...]