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Canadian high court says Rwandan accused of war crimes must be deported
The Supreme Court of Canada Tuesday ruled unanimously that Rwandan Leon Mugesera , accused of inciting genocide, must be deported from Canada. In 1992 Mugesera gave a speech in Rwanda encouraging Hutus to kill Tutsis, a speech the Supreme Court of (More) |
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UN to ask France to bring case against employee accused in Rwandan genocide
Chief of Staff to UN-Secretary General Kofi Annan Mark Malloch Brown told AP Friday that the UN will ask France to pursue a former UN employee accused in the murders of 32 Rwandans during the genocide of 1994, after pressure on Rwandan authorities (More) |
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Wolfowitz offers world apology for Rwandan genocide
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz visited a Rwandan genocide memorial Thursday and apologized on behalf of the international community for its failure to prevent the 1994 mass genocide . Wolfowitz is on his first visit to Africa since his March (More) |
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UN says Rwandan refugees illegally forced out of Burundi
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a statement Tuesday that 5,000 Rwandan refugees who fled to the Songore camp in Burundi to escape the 1994 genocide had been involuntarily returned to Rwanda on Sunday and Monday. Burundian authorities had de (More) |
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Rwandan refugees declared illegal immigrants by Burundi; UN concerned
Some 8,000 refugees from Rwanda face deportation Tuesday after neighboring Burundi declared them illegal immigrants over the weekend. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has urged Burundi to reconsider and warned it might be violating (More) |
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Underage Rwandan genocide suspects won't be charged
Rwandan officials announced Friday they will not pursue criminal charges against fugitive Hutu rebels that were aged 14 or younger at the time of Rwanda's 1994 genocide . Children as young as 10 years old took part in the slaughter of about 800, (More) |
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Former Rwandan minister put on trial for genocide in absentia
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [JURIST news archive; official website] put former Rwanda education minister Andre Rwamakuba on trial Thursday despite his refusal to attend the proceedings . Rwamakuba is accused of making lists of Tu (More) |
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The Irony of a Possible ICC Finding of Genocide in Darfur
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that an International Criminal Court finding of genocide in Sudan could change negative American attitudes towards the new Hague tribunal... Genocide may yet be found t (More) |
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Why the International Criminal Court Needs Darfur (More Than Darfur Needs the ICC)
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Baylis of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Darfur may be a dream case for the International Criminal Court, the value of the International Criminal Court for Darfur is yet to be seen... On Marc (More) |
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UN court reduces Rwandan's life sentence for genocide
An appeals court for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday set aside the life sentence of Juvenal Kajelijeli , convicted in 2003 of genocide and incitement to commit genocide, and converted it to 45 years with credit given for seven (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
