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Office of the Prosecutor to Host International Workshop on the Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Crimes

15 November 2012
The Office of the Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is to host an international workshop on the prosecution of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence crimes. The Prosecutor Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow announced today that the workshop will be held on 26 to 28 November 2012 at the Lemigo Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. The workshop’s... more

The Appeals Chamber Affirms Gatete’s Convictions

9 October 2012
 Enters a Conviction for Conspiracy to Commit Genocide, and • Reduces his Sentence Due to a Fair Trial Right Violation The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, composed of Judge Liu Daqun, presiding, Judge Mehmet Güney, Judge Fausto Pocar, Judge Andrésia Vaz, and Judge Carmel Agius, today delivered its judgement in the case of Jean‑Baptiste ... more

Appeals Chamber Hears Oral Arguments in the Mugenzi and Mugiraneza Case

8 October 2012
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, composed of Judge Theodor Meron, presiding, Judge Patrick Robinson, Judge Liu Daqun, Judge Andrésia Vaz, and Judge Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, heard today oral arguments regarding the appeals of Justin Mugenzi and Prosper Mugiraneza against the Judgement rendered by Trial Chamber II of the Tribunal on 30... more

Scheduling of Mugenzi and Mugiraneza Appeal Hearing

11 September 2012
Please be informed that on Monday 8 October 2012 beginning10:00 hrs the Appeals Chamber will hear in Arusha, Tanzania the cases of Justin Mugenzi, former Minister of Commerce and Prosper Mugiraneza, former Minister of Civil Service. The hearing will be broadcast live via our satellite. The specifications of the satellite are available on our website: http://www.ictr.org or as... more

United Nations Secretary-General Appoints Pascal Besnier Acting ICTR Registrar

4 September 2012
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has appointed Mr. Pascal Besnier as Acting Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The appointment took effect on 1 September 2012, the date of the departure of the previous Registrar, Adama Dieng, who after a decade of service to the ICTR was recently appointed Special Adviser to the... more

Press Conference by US Ambassador – at – Large for War Crimes H.E. Stephen Rapp

6 August 2012
This is to notify you that H.E. Stephen Rapp the United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes will on Monday 6th August 2012 at 14:00 hrs hold a Press Conference in Courtroom No. 4 on the ground floor of the Kilimanjaro Block. The Press Conference will take place after his one-day visit to the UN-ICTR. You are all welcome.

Files of the three ICTR high-level fugitives Handed over to the Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT)

2 August 2012
The handover of the files of the three high-level fugitives - Félicien Kabuga, Protais Mpriranya and Augustin Bizimana - to the Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) took place on 1 August 2012 in the Office of the Prosecutor of the MICT, Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow at ICTR in Arusha Tanzania. Felicien Kabuga was the President of the Comité... more

ICTR Registrar Adama Dieng Appointed UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

18 July 2012
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mr. Adama Dieng of Senegal, currently serving as Registrar of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), as his Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. The appointment was announced yesterday in New York. Mr. Dieng will replace Francis Deng of Sudan, who has served in the post since... more

Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals website now online

3 July 2012
The website of the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) is now available atwww.unmict.org.  The launch of the Mechanism’s website coincides with the official launch of the MICT Arusha Branch on 2 July 2012, which will carry out the remaining functions of the ICTR, including trial and appellate proceedings, and the supervision and enforcement of... more

More ICTR Convicts Transferred to Mali and Benin to Serve their Sentences

3 July 2012
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on 1 July 2012 transferred four convicts to serve their sentences in the Republic of Mali, bringing to twenty the number of individuals who have served or are serving their sentences in that country. A few days earlier, on 29 June 2012, the Tribunal transferred another four convicts to the Republic of Benin,... more