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Recent Judgements an UN Rwanda Tribunal

The former mayor of Mukingo commune in Ruhengeri Province Western Rwanda was recently found guilty of genocide, extermination, and public and direct incitement to...

Getting the Truth: Inside the ICTR

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda have concluded their case against four high ranking members of the former Rwandan military and alleged...

Death Penalty, Peace and Reconciliation

Between 1994 and the year 2003, the National Courts in Rwanda tried over 5,000 genocide cases and sentenced over 698 people to death. It...

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

In June this year, a former mayor of a town in eastern Rwanda was found guilty of genocide, extermination and rape. Sylvestre Gacumbitsi was...

Can the Law Protect a Witness?

In 2004, The Government of Rwanda amended the laws governing Gacaca courts so as to address problems which emerged in the preliminary phases such...

Violations of the Gacaca Law

The Rwandan semi-traditional courts known as Gacaca are intended to try genocide suspects, but they also have other powers. According to the law which governs...

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