The Trial Proceedings of the International Criminal Court: ICTY and ICTR Precedents
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) yesterday sentenced the former head of the Rwandan Tea Authority (OCIR-Thé) Michel Bagaragaza to eight years in prison.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday sentenced former director of the Rwanda tea industry Michel Bagaragaza to eight years in prison on charges of complicity in genocide. As director general of OCIR-Tea, Bagaragaza was accused of training, funding, and arming the Interahamwe, a Hutu militia responsible for the deaths of thousands of Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will hear for three days beginning November 2 the sentence hearing of Michael Bagaragaza, former head of the Rwandan Tea Authority, who has already pleaded guilty to his role in the 1994 genocide.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will this month render judgement in the case of a Catholic priest, Father Hormisdas Nsengimana, who is facing Genocide charges.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The decision not to transfer to Rwanda suspects and convicts from International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), has once again put the tribunal under spotlight as a fellow UN court sends in convicts to serve their sentences in the country.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), on Tuesday launched its first combined outreach workshop for secondary school students and teachers from the districts of Rulindo and Musanze in the Northern Province.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
[JURIST] The Superior Court of Quebec on Thursday sentenced Rwandan Hutu Desire Munyaneza to life imprisonment with eligibility for parole after 25 years for war crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Munyaneza was convicted in May on seven counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes under Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act. Munyaneza is the first person...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), will next week sentence Michel Bagaragaza, the former head of the Rwandan Tea Authority (OCIR-Thé) and close ally of former President Juvenal Habyarimana.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The East African Community's (EAC) Council of Ministers, will not discuss a proposal on the transfer of cases from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to the regional bloc's court, The New Times has learnt.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
[JURIST] INTERPOL announced Thursday that Rwandan genocide suspect Emmanuel Uwayezu has been arrested in Italy. The former Rwandan clergyman had long been sought by Rwandan authorities in connection with the killings of approximately 80 Gikongoro province students in May 1994. At the time, Uwayezu served as director of the Groupe Scolaire Marie Merci college in Kibeho. INTERPOL Executive Director of...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The dormant East African Court of Justice (EACJ) should be mandated to take cases of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) , trying key suspects of 1994 genocide, a regional conference was told in Kampala, Uganda.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), yesterday, gave a detailed statement that individually linked Genocide suspect Jean-Baptiste Gatete to all the crimes levelled against him.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
[JURIST] The trial of Rwandan genocide suspect Jean-Baptiste Gatete began Tuesday with opening statements from the prosecution and defense before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Gatete, the former Mayor of Murambi Commune in Byumba prefecture, is charged with six counts of genocide including complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and crimes against humanity. As...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The trial of Jean Baptiste Gatete, the former Mayor of Murambi Commune, now in the Eastern Province is expected to begin tomorrow at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Idelphonse Nizeyimana, 46, a former second-in-command Rwandan intelligence officer, yesterday pleaded not guilty to crimes of genocide and war crimes before the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
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