An appellate hearing at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) began this week for Gaspard Kanyarukiga, a businessman convicted of genocide and other war crimes for his role in the destruction of the Nyange Church on April 16, 1994. The attack
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A Conviction for Genocide at the ICTR
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) found a former mayor guilty of genocide and extermination and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. The ICTR ruled that Grégoire Ndahimana, the former mayor of Kivumu commune in Kibuye prefecture, committed the crime…
Security Council Allows an ICTR Judge to Work Part-Time
The Security Council this week allowed one of the judges in the United Nations tribunal for the 1994 Rwandan genocide to work part-time and engage in another judicial occupation until the end of the year, under exceptional circumstances. In authorizing…
ICTR Convicts Two
On Friday, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted two former government ministers in Rwanda and sentenced each to 30 years in prison for their roles in the genocide that engulfed the small African nation in 1994. The ICTR…
US Senate Approves BIT with Rwanda
The United States Senate approved the United States-Rwanda Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) on September 26 by unanimous consent. The US State Department believes the “treaty demonstrates Rwanda’s commitment to the economic reforms that will help enable sustainable economic development and…
ICTR Appeals Chamber Upholds Sentences for Genocide
The Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has upheld 25-year jail terms imposed on a former top military officer and a landowner for genocide in the massacres that killed some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus during a 100-day…
UN Security Council Favors “Preventive Diplomacy”
The Security Council yesterday voiced its determination to enhance the effectiveness of the United Nations in defusing potential and ongoing conflicts, and encouraged the world body to use all the preventive diplomacy tools at its disposal. During a high-level meeting…
Rwanda Tells UN General Assembly that Home-Grown Methods of Dispute Resolution Work Best
Conflict mediation efforts will be far more successful if they are home-grown and harness the capacities of young people and regional groups or institutions, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the opening of the General Assembly’s annual general debate yesterday. He…
Special Court for Sierra Leone Charges Five Perons with Contempt of Court
The United Nations-backed court set up to try suspects indicted for war crimes in Sierra Leone today charged five people with contempt of court for allegedly interfering with prosecution witnesses who testified in two separate trials. Two convicted former leaders…