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ICTR finds defense investigator guilty of contempt in witness bribery case
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] has convicted and sentenced a former defense investigator to 10 months in prison for one count of contempt of court. Three Tribunal judges found Thursday (More) |
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Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers prisoners to Benin to serve sentences
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday announced that nine prisoners were transferred Saturday to a detention facility in Benin to serve their sentences. A May 18 order by ICTR President Sir Dennis Byron requested the (More) |
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Preserving Spain's Universal Jurisdiction Law in the Common Interest
JURIST Guest Columnists Olga Martin-Ortega of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London (UK), and Jordi Palou-Loverdos, a lawyer who has represented Rwandan, Congolese and Spanish victims of crimes against humanity before the (More) |
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Spain lower house votes to limit reach of universal jurisdiction statute
The Spanish Congress of Deputies voted 341-2 Thursday to limit use of the country's universal jurisdiction [AI backgrounder; JURIST news archive] statute to those offenses committed by or against Spaniards, or where the perpetrators are in Spa (More) |
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Cambodia genocide court co-prosecutor resigns
A co-prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced on Tuesday that he was stepping down [statement, PDF; oral statement, PDF] in September for personal and family reasons. Canadian Robert Petit , charged with t (More) |
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Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences ex-interior minister to 30 years in prison
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday sentenced former Rwandan interior minister Callixte Kalimanzira [ICTR case materials; Trial Watch profile] to 30 years imprisonment on charges o (More) |
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Rwanda genocide tribunal begins retrial of ex-army officer
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday began the retrial of former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi . In August, the ICTR quashed Muvunyi's 25-year prison sentence, ruling that there was insufficient evidence (More) |
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UK urged to reform war crimes prosecution laws
War crimes suspects entering or residing in the UK are often immune from prosecution for their acts, according to a report released Monday by Aegis Trust . The report refers to a "significant number" of alleged war criminals and perpetrat (More) |
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ICTY sets Karadzic trial date for August
The trial for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY materials; JURIST news archive] will start in late August and is likely to conclude in early 2012, according to a statement by the president of the International Criminal Tribunal for (More) |
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Rwanda prosecutor criticizes ICTR refusal to transfer jurisdiction
Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga told the UN Security Council Thursday that the decisions by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] not to transfer pending cases to Rwandan jurisdictio (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
