ICTR - Jurisprudence and the Blunting of Justice
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Something legally intriguing is happening at the International Crimainal Tribunal of Rwanda (ICTR in Arusha.
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Rwanda: Ibuka Stages Demo Against ICTR
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The umbrella body of genocide survivors and other organizations promoting interests of genocide survivors yesterday held a peaceful demonstration against what they described as "malpractices" by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
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'I Thank God and my Lawyers', Says Acquitted Priest
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Tuesday ordered immediate release of former head of College Christ-Roi, Father Hormisdas Nsengimana, 55, after finding him not guilty of 1994 genocide.
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Habyarimana's Brother in Law, Now a Free Man
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Protais Zigiranyirazo was freed on Monday immediately after being acquitted on appeal by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
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Rwanda: Appeals Court Acquits 'Mr Z' of 1994 Genocide
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday reversed the 20-year sentence imposed on Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-law of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, and instead acquitted him of 1994 genocide charges.
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Rwanda: Tribunal Trains Witness Protection Officers
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A three-day training workshop of Rwanda Witness Protection Officers organised by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was held in Arusha from Tuesday to Thursday, this week.
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Genocide Survivors Threaten to Cut Ties With Tribunal
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The president of Ibuka, an umbrella body of Genocide survivors' associations, has threatened to cease cooperation with the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for what the group described as "unfair judgment" in two cases where top Genocide suspects were acquitted.
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Key ICTR witnesses threatening to boycott genocide trials after acquittals: report
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
[JURIST] Groups representing key witnesses appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) told Reuters Saturday that they may no longer participate in court trials following the acquittal of two suspects involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The umbrella organization for the various survivor groups in Rwanda, IBUKA, threatened that if the ICTR did not reverse its decisions,...
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ICTY appoints UK lawyer to represent Karadzic
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday appointed British lawyer Richard Harvey to represent Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic if he continues to boycott his trial when proceedings resume in March. Harvey is currently joint head of the British defense firm Garden Court Chambers and has extensive experience in high profile criminal defense cases in...
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Uganda: Trial of Top Rwandan Genocide Suspect Starts
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
He spent over a decade on the run but his luck has run out. Genocide suspect Idelphonse Nizeyimana who was captured in Uganda last week appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) this week.
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In Whose Interest is ICTR Working?
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Once again we have acquittals of two well known architects of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, pronounced within a space of two days.
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Mucyo Blames ICTR Prosecutors for Priest's Release
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), Jean de Dieu Mucyo has attributed the release of Priest Hormisdas Nsengimana to laxity by prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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International Court Acquits Suspect in Murder of Dian Fossey
Mosquito Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
By Georgianne Nienaber In a very sad day for Rwanda, The International Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) announced it has overturned a 20-year sentence and acquitted Protais Zigiranyirazo, accused genocidaire and suspected murderer of American primatologist Dian Fossey. Citing "serious errors" during the 2008 trial, ICTR Chamber Judge Theodore Meron ordered the immediate release of Zigiranyirazo,...
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U.N. court acquits priest of genocide in Rwanda
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A priest accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been acquitted, the second release in as many days, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda said on Tuesday.
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Rwanda genocide tribunal overturns conviction of ex-president's brother-in-law
JURIST - Paper Chase (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
[JURIST] The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday overturned the genocide conviction and 20-year prison sentence for Protais Zigiranyirazo, ruling that the the prosecution had lacked sufficient evidence to convict him. Zigiranyirazo, the brother-in-law of former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, was found guilty last year of genocide and extermination...