November 21, 2012

• Rwanda: Danish Court Upholds Extradition of Rwandan Genocide Suspect

  A court in Copenhagen on Monday upheld the Danish government's decision to extradite a Rwandan suspected of participating in the 1994 genocide. The suspect, Emmanuel Mbarushimana,... Read more »

November 20, 2012

• Rwanda: First Genocide Trial in Sweden Takes Off

  A Swede of Rwandan origin, Stanislas Mbanenande, went on trial Friday on charges of taking part in the killings of tens of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide in his... Read more »

November 16, 2012

• Rwanda: Mugesera Claims Mistreatment On Eve of Trial in Rwanda

  The defence lawyer of former Rwandan politician Léon Mugesera claimed in an interview with Hirondelle Thursday that his client was being mistreated in a Kigali jail. Rwandan... Read more »

November 14, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Bemba Calls For Congolese Unity - From Jail

  Former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba has called from his prison cell in The Hague for his compatriots to end the war in the east of their country and avoid its... Read more »

November 10, 2012

• Rwanda: Arusha Tribunal 'Expects to Meet Closure Target'

  The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda expects to complete all its judicial activities by the end of 2014, in accordance with a UN deadline, ICTR officials told Hirondelle... Read more »

November 5, 2012

• Rwanda: Weekly Summary - ICC President Complains Before the UN, Rwanda Pursues 50,000 Suspects

  The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week appealed to States to cooperate with the Court, particularly in effecting pending arrest warrants for war crime... Read more »

November 2, 2012

• Rwanda: Rwanda Seeking Over 50,000 Genocide Suspects

  More than 50,000 people suspected of having participated in the 1994 genocide are still at large in various African and European countries, according to the Rwandan Prosecutor... Read more »

November 1, 2012

• Africa: Rwanda/South Africa - Rights Groups Challenge Nyamwasa Refugee Status

  Two human rights groups have asked the High Court in South Africa to revoke the refugee status of former Rwandan general Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, saying he is suspected of war... Read more »

October 25, 2012

• Rwanda: Finnish Court Upholds Pastor Life Sentence

  Finnish justice on Monday uphold the life term handed down against François Bazaramba, a Rwandan Pastor convicted for genocide. Read more »

• Rwanda: Norway Video Link Facilitates Genocide Trial

  A Norwegian court trying former Rwandan businessman Sadi Bugingo this week started hearing more than 50 witnesses by video conference from Kigali. Read more »

• Rwanda: Genocide Trial Goes to Dutch Court

  The trial of Rwandan Yvonne Ntacyobatabara has opened in the Netherlands, the first genocide trial ever to be heard before a Dutch court. Read more »

October 22, 2012

• Rwanda: Genocide Trial Begins in Norway

  Starting next Monday, Norwegian justice will hear 58 Rwandan witnesses via videoconference from Kigali, in the trial of genocide suspect Sadi Bugingo. Read more »

• Africa: Rwanda Ready to Pay for Unwinkindi Defence, War Crimes in Libya

  Rwanda this week disagreed with a report by monitors appointed by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to oversee the trial of Pastor Jean Uwinkindi over lack of... Read more »

October 19, 2012

• Rwanda: Kigali Denies Lack of Funds for Uwinkindi Defence

  Kigali Tuesday denied reports that Pastor Jean Uwinkindi's defence lack funds to conduct investigations and find witnesses. Uwinkindi is the first accused to be transferred to... Read more »

• Rwanda: Rwanda Demands Substantive Report On Cases Transferred to France

  Rwanda has, once again, expressed its concerns on delays of prosecution of two case transferred by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to France and called on the... Read more »

August 20, 2012

• Cote d'Ivoire: ICC Competent to Try Former Ivorian President Gbagbo

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected on August 15 a challenge by Ivory Coast former President Laurent Gbagbo's lawyers on its jurisdiction to try him for crimes against... Read more »

• Rwanda: La Procedure d'Appel Dans L'affaire Butare Ralentie Par La Traduction Du Jugement

  Connu pour avoir été le plus lent de l'histoire du Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR), en première instance, le procès «... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: French General Testifies As an Expert in Bemba's Trial

  The first defence witness testifying in Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) was called to the stand today as a military expert. A retired French... Read more »

• Rwanda: Translation Problems Slow Appeals in ICTR's Longest Case

  After a trial that took ten years, the "Butare case" before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda could also be its longest at the Appeals stage. One year after the... Read more »

March 16, 2012

• Rwanda: Prosecutor to Seek Long Sentence Against Lubanga and the Arrest of Ntaganda

  Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo declared on Thursday that he will "seek a sentence close to the maximum." in Thomas Lubanga's case before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more »

• Rwanda: ICC/ Lubanga - World Hails ICC Verdict On Child Soldiers

  The United States and senior officials with European Union and United Nations have hailed the conviction of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga by the International Criminal Court... Read more »

March 15, 2012

• Rwanda: Kanyarukiga's Appeal Judgment Set for May 8

  The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will deliver its judgment in the case of former Rwandan businessman Gaspard Kanyarukiga on May 8, 2012. Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Call for Probe of Uganda, Rwanda Over Warlord Trial

  Human Rights activists and UN-backed organizations welcomed the judgment of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which pronounced on Wednesday Congolese former militia leader... Read more »

March 14, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: War Crimes Verdict Shocks Militia Leader

  The International Criminal Court on Wednesday pronounced Congolese former militia leader Thomas Lubanga guilty of conscripting and using child soldiers to fight in Ituri (eastern... Read more »

• Rwanda: Prosecution Challenges Genocide Trial Acquittals

  The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Hassan Bubacar Jallow, has lodged a notice of appeal against the judgment of the Tribunal for not... Read more »