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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Director of the SFO, Richard Alderman, recommends to a parliamentary committee a change in plea bargaining procedures
Courts in the UK need to stop thinking parochially about their own coveted powers and start thinking globally about how to stamp out international corruption in which one case often affects many countries…
Tanzania urged to prosecute over the BAE Systems bribery claim
It is noteworthy how long this type of investigation and prosecution last. Even though it was disposed of by the court almost one year ago in the UK, the bad publicity for BAE Systems continues in the media and is…
Tanzania Calls for Support in Fighting Pirates
UN Security Council Renews Appointments of ITCY and ICTR Prosecutors
The United Nations Security Council acted yesterday to reappoint the prosecutors working at the UN international criminal tribunals tasked with bringing to justice the perpetrators of the worst crimes committed during the Balkans conflicts of the 1990s and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.…
Sinking of the M/V Spice Islander – Twitter Delivers Insight Over Mass Media Noise
By Jim Walker
This morning I was trying to find articles with real time and genuine insight into the ferry disaster off Tanzania.
An old vessel called the Spice Islander grossly overloaded with over 1,000 passengers sank. There have been around two hundred people pulled from the…
Scaling Kilimanjaro to Scale Back Water Disease
As 11 climbers embarking this weekend for the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro stop to purify water from streams along the way, money they raise will be flowing into African communities to give them clean drinking water as well — for…
International Conference on Globalization and Development in Dar es Salaam
Wrapping Up the Work of the ICTY and ICTR
The U.N. Security Council yesterday set up a new body to finish the remaining tasks of the United Nations war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda,. The Security Council also called on both courts to conclude their work by…
Security Council Extends Terms of ICTY and ICTR
The Security Council today extended the terms of several judges serving on the United Nations tribunals working to bring to justice the perpetrators of the worst crimes committed during the Balkans conflict of the 1990s and the 1994 genocide in…