Rwanda: ICTR Hands Over Another Genocide File to Rwanda

27 November 2012

Hassan Bubakar Jallow, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), on Tuesday handed over the file of Pheneas Munyarugarama, a genocide fugitive, to the National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA) for trial in domestic courts.

According to the NPPA, nine files have so far been transferred by the ICTR to Rwanda as part of agreements between two sides to transfer some of the genocide cases to Rwanda for trial. Jallow said that the agreement was reached as a result of efforts made by Rwanda in law reform and capacity building to make sure that the country has capacity to handle the cases in accordance with the international standards.

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