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Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers case to national court
The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday transferred the case of Aloys Ndimbati to the authorities of the Republic of Rwanda. Ndimbati, a former local government official in Rwanda, has been charged with genocide, compl (More) |
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Former Rwanda official accuses president of ordering killing that sparked genocide
A former army chief of staff and ally of Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday accused the president of having ordered the killing of his preceding president, Juvenal Habyarimana [Britannica profile]. During his testimony in a Johannesburg cour (More) |
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Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences former military captain to life
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday sentenced the former captain at the Butare military academy, Ecole des Sous-Officiers, to life imprisonment for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for violence perpetra (More) |
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Rwanda genocide community courts officially conclude operations
The Rwandan community courts set up to hear genocide-related cases, known as gacaca courts [official website; BBC backgrounder] officially concluded their 10-year operation on Monday. The gacaca process has been praised by the UN [The New Times repo (More) |
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Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers fifth case to national court
The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday transferred the case of Bernard Munyagishari to the authorities of the Republic of Rwanda. The Referral Chamber of the ICTR ruled upon the prosecution's request to refer the c (More) |
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Charles Taylor, Arms Dealers and Reparations
JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth Gallant of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law says that the sentencing of Charles Taylor should have included the provision of reparations for his victims, and that the prosecution (More) |
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Karadzic judges visit Srebrenica massacre site
Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday began a five-day visit to locations relevant to the indictment of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case summary, PDF; JURIST news archive] (More) |
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Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences ex-official to life in prison
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday sentenced [judgment, PDF; press release] former Rwandan Minister of Youth and Sports Callixte Nzabonimana to life in prison after finding him guilty of charges related to the 1994 R (More) |
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Rwanda genocide suspect pleads not guilty before Canada court
Jacques Mungwarere, a former Rwandan school teacher, pleaded not guilty before the Ontario Superior Court Monday to two charges relating to his involvement in the Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Mungwarere was charged with (More) |
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The Verdict(s) in the Charles Taylor Case
JURIST Columnist Charles C. Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law examines the role of Alternate Judge El Hadji Malick Sow in Charles Taylor's trial and recent conviction and discusses the implications of Sow's decision to publicly dis (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
