This is the account of a week spent teaching antitrust law in a World Bank sponsored program for the Tanzanian Fair Competition Commission and members of their High Court. Before I leave, my seven year old daughter asks “why do
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Antitrust Lessons in Africa – Part I
By Ned Searby
This is the account of a week spent teaching antitrust law in a World Bank sponsored program for the Tanzanian Fair Competition Commission and members of their High Court. Before I leave, my seven year old daughter asks “why do…
ICTR Sentences Former Government Minister to 35 Years for Genocide, Incitement to Genocide, and Crime Against Humanity
A trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced a former government minister, Augustin Ngirabatware, to 35 years imprisonment for genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide and rape as a crime against humanity.According…
UN Security Council Extends Terms of Five ICTR Judges
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ICTR Transfers Fifth Case to Rwandan Authorities
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Life Imprisonment for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity — ICTR Convicts Rwanda’s Former Youth Minister
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has convicted the country’s former youth minister of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The ICTR convicted Callixte Nzabonimana of genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct and public…
ICTR Appeals Chamber Reduces Life Sentence for Rwandan Army Major Found Guilty of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Violations of the Geneva Convention
The appeals chamber of the United Nations tribunal trying key suspects implicated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda today commuted a convict’s life sentence to 35 years in prison after reversing convictions on some counts in his indictment, and…
ICTR Appeals Chamber Dismisses Request to Stay Transfer of Case to Rwandan Judicial System
The appeals chamber of the United Nations tribunal trying key suspects implicated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda today dismissed a motion filed by an indicted suspect in which he requested a stay of his transfer to the Rwandan judicial…
Professor David Scheffer named as Special Expert on Khmer Rouge Trials
ICTR Affirms Referral of Case to National Court System in Rwanda
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has dismissed an appeal by a former pastor accused of inciting attacks against Tutsi civilians, reaffirming its decision to refer him for trial in the national court system. The pastor is accused of…