Recent Judgements an UN Rwanda Tribunal
The former mayor of Mukingo commune in Ruhengeri Province Western Rwanda was recently found guilty of genocide, extermination, and public and direct incitement to genocide. He was sentenced to life in...
Getting the Truth: Inside the ICTR
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda have concluded their case against four high ranking members of the former Rwandan military and alleged masterminds of the 1994 genocide.
The prosecutor at...
Death Penalty, Peace and Reconciliation
Between 1994 and the year 2003, the National Courts in Rwanda tried over 5,000 genocide cases and sentenced over 698 people to death. It is a sentence that sits well with...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
In June this year, a former mayor of a town in eastern Rwanda was found guilty of genocide, extermination and rape. Sylvestre Gacumbitsi was sentenced by Judges at the International Criminal...
Can the Law Protect a Witness?
In 2004, The Government of Rwanda amended the laws governing Gacaca courts so as to address problems which emerged in the preliminary phases such as the harassment of witnesses, one of...
Violations of the Gacaca Law
The Rwandan semi-traditional courts known as Gacaca are intended to try genocide suspects, but they also have other powers.
According to the law which governs Gacaca, these village courts can punish people...
ELIEZER NIYITEGEKA Sentenced
Kibuye province lies on the shores of Lake Kivu, making it one of the most scenic places in Rwanda . A few miles away from the lake, are the hills of...
Butare Trial: Ntahobali Ordered Tutsi Refugees Killed, Witness Alleges
ARUSHA 29 May 2002 (Internews) Arsene Shalom Ntahobali ordered 'Interahamwe' militiamen to kill ethnic Tutsi refugees at the Butare governor's office during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a prosecution witness today...
Media Trial: Barayagwiza’s Party Didn’t Have Militia Wing, Defense Lawyer Claims
ARUSHA (Internews) Alfred Pognon of Benin, co-counsel for genocide suspect Jean Bosco Barayagwiza, today claimed before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) that the allegedly Hutu extremist Coalition for the...
Cyangugu Trial: Prosecutor Challenges Former Minister’s Credibility
ARUSHA: (Internews) Richard Karegyesa of Uganda, prosecution attorney in the so-called "Cyangugu Trial" before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), today challenged the credibility of a former minister testifying for...
