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Akazu member transferred, Deputy Registrar sworn in

4 October 2001
Former Akazu Member Transferred To Arusha Protais Zigiranyirazo, former member of the Akazu, the inner circle of the late President of Rwanda Juvénal Habyarimana, was transferred from Belgium to the United Nations Detention Facility in Arusha, Tanzania yesterday, 3 October 2001. Zigiranyirazo, 63, was arrested in Belgium on 26 July 2001 at the request of the... more

Registrar urges solid foundations for International Criminal Court

3 October 2001
Addressing the eighth session of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in New York on Monday 1 October Mr. Adama Dieng, Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), said that he wished “to open a window into some practical aspects of the functioning of an international criminal jurisdiction. I would like to invite you to... more

Minister transferred, Chaplain pleads not guilty

26 September 2001
Former Minister of Finance Transferred to Arusha Emmanuel Ndindabahizi, former Minister of Finance in the 1994 Interim Government of Rwanda was transferred from Belgium to the United Nations Detention Facility in Arusha, Tanzania yesterday, 25 September 2001. Ndindabahizi, 51, was arrested in Verviers, Belgium, on 12 July 2001 at the request of the Tribunal.... more

Former Military Chaplain transferred to Arusha

21 September 2001
Emmanuel Rukundo, former Military Chaplain in Ruhengeri prefecture, was transferred on Thursday 20 September 2001 from Geneva, Switzerland to the United Nations Detention Facility in Arusha, Tanzania. Rukundo, 42, was arrested in Geneva on 12 July 2001 at the request of the Tribunal. The accused, who was born in Kabgayi, Gitarama prefecture, also served as Military Chaplain in... more

Bagilishema to reside in France pending appeal

21 September 2001
The Government of France has informed the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) that it will allow Mr. Ignace Bagilishema to reside in France under conditions laid down by the Tribunal pending the determination of the Prosecutor’s appeal against his acquittal. According to a letter dated 20 September 2001, notifying the Tribunal of its decision, the French... more

Registrars of ICTY and ICTR sign statement on co-operation

20 September 2001
The Registrars of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Mr. Hans Holthuis and Mr. Adama Dieng respectively, today signed a joint statement on co-operation aimed at improving the work of both Tribunals. The statement was signed during a one-week official visit of the Registrar of the ICTY... more

Genocide trial of Pastor and Doctor opens

18 September 2001
The joint trial of Elizaphan Ntakirutimana (77), former senior Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in the Rwandan region of Kibuye and his son Gérard Ntakirutimana (43), former Medical Doctor in Kibuye, opened today with the Prosecutor telling the court that the two were not helpless witnesses to genocide. In response counsel for the accused said that the charges... more

Statement of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on racism

7 September 2001
On the occasion of the United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda identifies with the important goal of the United Nations to eliminate all forms of racism and intolerance. Racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia are in themselves abhorrent manifestations in... more

The trial of Kamuhanda re-opens

3 September 2001
The trial of Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda, formerly Minister of Higher Education, Research and Culture in the interim Government of Rwanda in 1994 today re-opened before the reconstituted Trial Chamber II composed of Judges William Sekule (Tanzania), presiding, Winston Matanzima Maqutu (Lesotho) and Arlette Ramaroson (Madagascar). The trial, which had initially opened on 17 April... more

Statement of the Registrar concerning the contract of employment of a defence investigator

17 August 2001
On 16 July the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda decide that the contracts of certain investigators employed by defence counsel would be suspended or would not renewed. That decision was taken in order to prevent abuse of the Tribunal’s legal aid scheme and to protect the integrity of its judicial procedures. Mr. Aloys Ngendahimana, an investigator in... more