The trial of a Rwandan investigator accused of trying to fabricate evidence for the appeal of a former minister of higher education convicted of genocide started today at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Léonidas Nshogoza has been charged
ICTR Appellate Chamber Affirms Life Sentence for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
From the United Nations, an update from the Appellate Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Like the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the ICTR was established as a peace-keeping measure under Article VII of
UN Security Council Moves to Expedite Completion Strategy for ICTR and ICTY
The U.N. Security Council called on the United Nations war crimes tribunals dealing with the 1994 Rwanda genocide and the Balkans conflicts of the 1990s to conduct their trials as quickly and efficiently as possible, and pledged to support
ICTR Gives Life Sentences for Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity to Bagosora, Ntabakuze and Nsengiyumva; Kabiligi Acquitted and Released
From an ICTR Press Release: Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) rendered judgement in the “Military I” case involving four senior officers of the Rwandan army in 1994: Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, Director of Cabinet in
Rwandan Singer Convicted and Sentenced for Inciting Genocide Through His Songs
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced Simon Bikindi, a famous Rwandan singer and composer, to 15 years in prison for inciting the murder of Tutsis through his songs and speeches during the 1994 mass killings in Rwanda.
Obama Expected to Reverse Pro-Abstinence/Anti-Abortion Approaches to Global Funding for Family Planning and AIDS Prevention
Bloomberg News: Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy, by Jason Gale & John Lauerman: President-elect Barack Obama will reverse U.S. family-planning and AIDS-prevention strategies that have long linked global funding to anti-abortion and abstinence education, a public-health
ASIL Insight on Judgment from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The American Society of International Law has published its latest Insight, entitled The ICTR Appeals Chamber judgment in Prosecutor v. Seromba. Click here.(mew)
Rwanda Circumcises Soldiers to Fight HIV/AIDS
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), RWANDA: Military to Lead the Way in Male CircumcisionThe soldiers in the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) will be the first men to benefit from a government policy to use male circumcision as a tool
Rwanda To Encourage Men To Be Circumcised To Reduce Risk of HIV/AIDS
BBC News: Rwanda in mass circumcision drive:Rwanda has launched a campaign to encourage all men to be circumcised, to reduce the risk of catching HIV/Aids.A health minister told the BBC that soldiers, policemen and students would be asked to
