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TANZANIA: Prosecution of Rwanda Gender Crimes at the ICTR
Emma Founds, Pitt Law '11, traveled to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) through Pitt's Center for International Legal Education and reports on the ICTR's difficulty in prosecuting gender-based crimes, such as rape and sexual assa (More) |
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Former Rwanda official Ntawukulilyayo sentenced to 25 years for 1994 genocide
Former Rwandan regional administrator Dominique Ntawukulilyayo was sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Tuesday to 25 years in prison for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. (More) |
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No Isolated Act: The Murder of ICTR Defense Lawyer Mwaikusaof
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder, defense counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law, and his colleagues Beth Lyons and John Philpot of the International Criminal Tribunal fo (More) |
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ICTR defense lawyer shot dead
A senior defense lawyer at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] was shot dead outside of his home Tuesday night. Police say Jwani Mwaikusa was killed , along with his nephew and neighbor, and (More) |
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Former Rwanda pastor pleads not guilty to genocide charges
Former Rwandan pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi [Hague Justice profile; case materials] appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday and pleaded not guilty to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity relating t (More) |
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RWANDA: Peter Erlinder's Detention
Ingrid Burke, Pitt Law '11, writes on the detention of Peter Erlinder, law professor and defense counsel at the ICTR, in light of her recent visit to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda... In a recent piece for JURIST Dateline, I wrote ab (More) |
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Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in Uganda
Ugandan police announced Friday that a former Rwandan pastor accused of committing genocide and crimes against humanity relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] was taken into custody Wednesday. Jean-Bosco Uwinki (More) |
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Rwanda ex-official dies while facing genocide trial at ICTR
Joseph Nzirorera , former president of the Rwanda National Assembly and secretary general of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND), died Thursday following complications from a long illness. Nzirorera was arrested by (More) |
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Rwanda, ICTR reaffirm cooperation
Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and a spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday reaffirmed their cooperation in the prosecution of crimes relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JU (More) |
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ICTR convicts former businessman on genocide charges
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday convicted [judgment summary, PDF; press release] former businessman Yussuf Munyakazi on charges of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. The court found that Muny (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
