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ICTR begins genocide trial of former Rwandan prosecutor
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday began the trial of a former deputy state prosecutor who later worked as an ICTR investigator under an alias by formally charging him with four counts of genocide, murder, extermination a (More) |
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ICTR finds former Rwanda education minister not guilty of genocide
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Wednesday unanimously acquitted former education minister Andre Rwamakuba on genocide charges, ruling [judgment, PDF; summary, PDF] that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond a reasonabl (More) |
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Rwanda settles dispute with UN tribunal over hiring practices
The government of Rwanda and the UN-sponsored International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday resolved a dispute over the court's alleged hiring of genocide suspects by agreeing to improve in (More) |
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Rwanda genocide trial for singer begins at ICTR
The trial of Simon Bikindi began Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [official website; JURIST news archive] with prosecutors accusing the popular singer of "us his fame to incite hatred" during the 1994 Rwandan genoc (More) |
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Rwanda alleges UN tribunal employing genocide suspects
The Rwandan government Thursday threatened to stop working with the UN-sponsored International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] because it believes the ICTR employs genocide suspects. Rwanda pointed to the (More) |
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Ex-Rwandan army officer sentenced to 25 years for genocide
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] sentenced a former Rwandan army officer to 25 years in prison on Tuesday on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity connected to the 1994 genocide (More) |
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International brief ~ Rwanda parliament to vote on abolishing death penalty
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama has confirmed that the Rwandan Parliament would be presented a bill in December aimed at abolishing capital punishment in the African nation. The legislation, (More) |
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Rwanda may eliminate death penalty in 1994 genocide cases
The governing party in Rwanda is proposing legislation to eliminate the death penalty for genocide in an effort to encourage other countries to extradite suspects in the 1994 genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that left at least 937,0 (More) |
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Dutch prosecutors charge Rwanda immigrant with war crimes
Dutch prosecutors have charged a Rwandan immigrant arrested in Amsterdam with committing war crimes and torture in Rwanda, officials said Thursday. Specifically, prosecutors alleged that "Joseph M." ordered the killing of several Tutsis t (More) |
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US Cambodia envoy urges new court to try Khmer Rouge genocide suspects promptly
The joint UN-Cambodian court that will try former leaders of the communist Khmer Rouge regime that decimated Cambodia's population in the "killing fields" of the late 1970s must move quickly or risk the deaths of more of the aging gen (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.
