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Former Prime Minister and five other convicts sent to prison in Mali

11 December 2001
“The entrance of these six convicts through the prison gates of Bamako has reaffirmed the gradual swing of the pendulum from a culture of impunity to a culture of accountability”. Six individuals convicted by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) were transferred from the UN Detention Facility in Arusha, Tanzania on Sunday 9 December 2001 to... more

ICTR President addresses General Assembly

26 November 2001
The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Judge Navanethem Pillay (South Africa) presented the Sixth Annual Report of the Tribunal’s activities to the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York on Monday 26 November 2001. In her address Judge Pillay summarised the Tribunal’s major achievements in the past year and future projections for... more

Musema’s genocide conviction upheld

16 November 2001
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today confirmed the conviction of Alfred Musema for genocide and for extermination as a crime against humanity. The Chamber also upheld the sentence of imprisonment for life for those crimes. Musema’s conviction for rape as a crime against humanity was quashed by the Appeals Chamber on the basis of... more

Statement by the Registrar, Mr. Adama Dieng, on allegations of fee splitting between a detainee of the ICTR and his defence counsel

29 October 2001
Background On 3 October 2001, in the case of The Prosecutor v Joseph Nzirorera, Trial Chamber II in its Decision on Nzirorera’s Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel by a 2 – 1 majority denied the Accused’s motion for the withdrawal of his defence counsel. [The Lead Counsel to the accused Joseph Nzirorera, was assigned by the Tribunal’s Registry under the Tribunal’... more

Former Prefect pleads not guilty

26 October 2001
The former Prefect of Kigali-rural prefecture, François Karera, today pleaded not guilty to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity at his initial appearance before the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Judge Navanethem Pillay. At the time of the events upon which those charges are based, François Karera was Prefect of Kigali-rural prefecture... more

Minister urges member states to support Tribunal

25 October 2001
At a ceremony to mark the 56th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, on 24 October 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) paid tribute to the late Judge Laïty Kama, the Tribunal’s first President. The Tanzanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Hon. Jakaya Kikwete, was the guest of honour at the ceremony in which... more

Prefect arrested for genocide

22 October 2001
François Karera, former Prefect (Governor) of Kigali-Rural prefecture, was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday 20 October and immediately transferred to the Detention Facility of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha. Karera was appointed Prefect of Kigali-Rural prefecture in April 1994 and served in that capacity until mid-July 1994. He had... more

Emmanuel Ndindabahizi pleads not guilty

19 October 2001
Former Minister of Finance in the interim government of Rwanda in 1994 Emmanuel Ndindabahizi today pleaded not guilty to charges arising from his alleged role in the genocide of 1994. The accused entered the plea during his initial appearance before Judge Navanethem Pillay, presiding judge of Trial Chamber I and President of the Tribunal. He was represented by Mr. Pascal... more

Zigiranyirazo pleads not guilty

10 October 2001
Protais Zigiranyirazo, a former member of the Akazu, the inner circle of the late President of Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana, today pleaded not guilty to two counts charging him with extermination or alternatively with murder as crimes against humanity. The accused, a brother of President Habyarimana’s wife, Agathe Kazinga, entered the plea when he made his initial appearance... more

Bagilishema leaves for France

9 October 2001
Ignace Bagilishema left Arusha on 8 October 2001 for France, where he will reside under conditions laid down by the Tribunal pending the determination of the Prosecutor’s appeal against his acquittal. Bagilishema was acquitted by Trial Chamber I of the ICTR on 7 June 2001. On 20 September 2001, the French government notified the Tribunal that it had agreed to the ICTR request... more