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Tribunal releases Bagilishema on conditions

8 June 2001
Trial Chamber 1 today ordered the conditional release of Ignace Bagilishema, whom it acquitted on 7 June 2001 on seven counts of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and Serious Violations of the Geneva Conventions. The decision to release Bagilishema was made in response to the Prosecutor's request under Rule 99(B) of the Tribunal's Rules of Procedure and Evidence, for a new... more

Tribunal acquits Bagilishema

7 June 2001
Chamber rules Prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt In the first verdict of an acquittal by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Trial Chamber I found accused Ignace Bagilishema not guilty on all seven counts of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and Serious Violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions on which he was charged by the... more

Judge Vaz, President of Senegal's Supreme Court, appointed to Rwanda Tribunal

4 June 2001
The United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Kofi Annan has appointed Ms. Andrésia Vaz from Senegal as a Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Judge Vaz replaces Judge Laïty Kama, also from Senegal, who passed away on 6 May 2001. The Secretary-General announced the appointment on 31 May 2001 in a letter to the President of the Tribunal Judge Navanethem Pillay.... more

Appeals Chamber upholds sentences in the Akayesu, Kayishema and Ruzindana trials

1 June 2001
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda today dismissed appeals by the defence and affirmed decisions of Trial Chambers in the case of Jean-Paul Akayesu and the joint trial of Clement Kayishema and Obed Ruzindana. The Prosecution’s appeal in the Kayishema/Ruzindana case was also dismissed. Akayesu, former Bourgmestre of Taba had appealed against... more

Newly elected judges sworn in

29 May 2001
Two judges elected to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda by the UN General Assembly on 24 April 2001 were sworn in during a ceremony held in Arusha today. The Judges are Winston Churchill Matanzima Maqutu from Lesotho and Arlette Ramaroson from Madagascar. Their election follows adoption of Security Council Resolution No. 1329 of 30 November 2000, which authorised... more

Defence investigator arrested

21 May 2001
A Defence team investigator at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was arrested by the Tanzanian authorities on Saturday 19 May 2001 at the request of the ICTR Prosecutor. The investigator, who has been travelling on a Congolese passport under an assumed name of Sammy Bahati Weza, is actually Simeon Nshamihigo, who was deputy prosecutor in... more

Former Bishop Musabyimana pleads not guilty to four counts

2 May 2001
Former Anglican Bishop Samuel Musabyimana (44) today pleaded not guilty to four counts charging him with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide and crimes against humanity, specifically extermination. The accused, wearing his episcopal robes, entered the plea when he made his initial appearance before Judge William Sekule. Musabyimana, who was Bishop of the... more

Anglican Bishop arrested for genocide

27 April 2001
Samuel Musabyimana (44), formerly Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Shyogwe, Gitarama prefecture, was arrested in Nairobi on Thursday 26 April 2001 and transferred immediately to the Detention Facility of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha. He is charged with four counts including Genocide, Conspiracy to commit Genocide and Crimes against... more

Election of two new judges to the Tribunal

25 April 2001
On Tuesday 24 April 2001, the General Assembly of the United Nations elected two new judges, Winston Churchill Matanzima Maqutu of Lesotho and Arlette Ramaroson of Madagascar, to serve at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) until 24 May 2003. Reacting to the election of the two judges, the President of the ICTR, Judge Navanethem Pillay, thanked the Security... more

Trial of minister begins

17 April 2001
The trial of Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda, formerly Minister of Higher Education, Research and Culture in the Interim Government power in Rwanda from 8th April to 7th July 1994, opened today before Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) composed of Judges Laïty Kama (presiding), Mehmet Güney and William Sekule. Mr. Kamuhanda was appointed minister... more