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Grégoire Ndahimana pleads not guilty during his further appearance

9 February 2010
Grégoire Ndahimana, former mayor of Kivumu, Kibuye prefecture in Rwanda, today pleaded not guilty to all charges during his further appearance before Judge Dennis Byron, Presiding, Vagn Joensen and Aydin Sefa Akay. In the amended indictment of 5 February 2010, he is charged with three counts of genocide, or complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity for extermination.... more

ICTR Launches New Website

21 January 2010
The Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Mr. Adama Dieng today launched the new Web site of the Tribunal. “The website is a vital extension of the ICTR, and represents a unique platform from which ICTR can state its mission and objectives, and showcase its accomplishments in the important pursuit of the fight against impunity”, said the Registrar... more

Joint Expert Meetings on Human Rights in Africa begin in Arusha

23 November 2009
The African Union (AU), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in cooperation with the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), are jointly organizing two expert meetings on ‘’Improved interaction between the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Universal... more

Father Hormisdas Nsengimana Acquitted

17 November 2009
Trial Chamber I, composed of Judges Erik Møse (Norway), presiding, Sergei Alekseevich Egorov (Russian Federation) and Florence Rita Arrey (Cameroon) today acquitted Hormisdas Nsengimana of genocide as well as murder and extermination as crimes against humanity. It then ordered his immediate release from the UN Detention Facility in Arusha. During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda,... more

Prosecutors of International Criminal Tribunals Call for Full Cooperation

16 November 2009
The Fifth Colloquium of Prosecutors of ICTR, ICTY, SCSL, ECCC, ICC, STL issued today a final declaration after the three day colloquium entitled “International Criminal Justice: Lessons from the Past, Reflections on the Future”, organized by ICTR Prosecutor in Kigali. The final declaration was unanimously adopted by the participants in presence of Judge Dennis Byron President... more

Tribunal Trains Rwanda Witness Protection Officers

16 November 2009
A three-day training workshop of Rwanda Witness Protection Officers organised by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda began in Arusha today. The workshop which brings together thirty five officials from Rwanda and the Tribunal will also familiarise the Rwandan officials on the ICTR Witness Protection Programme. The workshop is part of the Cooperation and Capacity... more

International Criminal Justice: Lessons from the Past, Reflections on the Future

11 November 2009
The Fifth Colloquium of Prosecutors of the ICTR, ICTY, SCSL, ECCC, STL, ICC entitled “International Criminal Justice: Lessons from the Past, Reflections on the Future”, organized by ICTR Prosecutor, was opened today in Kigali by the Honorable Prime Minister of Rwanda, Mr. Bernard Makuza in the presence of Prosecutor General of Rwanda, Mr. Martin Ngoga, Steven Rapp, US... more

Trial of Callixte Nzabonimana Commences

9 November 2009
The Trial of Callixte Nzabonimana, Minister of Youth during the genocide, today began before Trial Chamber III of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda composed of Judges Solomy Balungi Bossa, presiding, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov and Mparany Rajohnson. Nzabonimana is facing five counts charging him with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct and public... more

Appeals Chamber Acquits and Releases Protais Zigiranyirazo

6 November 2009
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, composed of Judges Theodor Meron, presiding, Mehmet Güney, Fausto Pocar, Liu Daqun, and Carmel Agius, today reversed Protais Zigiranyirazo’s convictions for genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity and entered a verdict of acquittal. It then ordered his immediate release from the United... more

Michel Bagaragaza Sentenced to 8 years imprisonment

5 November 2009
Michel Bagaragaza, former Director General of the office controlling the Rwandan tea industry during the period of the genocide, was today convicted of one count of complicity in genocide and sentenced to a prison term of 8 years with credit for the time he has spent in detention since his arrest on 15 August 2005.The sentencing took place in Trial Chamber III before Judges... more