France appeals court rejects extradition of Rwanda ex-president's widow
The Court of Appeal of Paris on Wednesday rejected a request from Rwandan officials to extradite Agathe Habyarimana, widow of assassinated Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana , to Rwanda to face trial on genocide charges....
Risking Irrelevance: The Threat of Impunity to the African Union
JURIST Special Guest Columnist James Nyawo, a Ph.D. candidate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, says that the African Union must emulate the EU and begin to confront human rights abuses, not only to prevent the organization from losing...
ICTR prosecutor uses new rule to preserve evidence against fugitive genocide financier
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) used a new procedure Monday to begin hearing evidence against alleged genocide financier Felicien Kabuga who has yet to be arrested. The special deposition...
Rwandan police on Thursday arrested opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza , accusing her of being involved in the formation of a terrorist organization. Ingabire was implicated, authorities say, during investigations into the activities...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday convicted former businessman Yussuf Munyakazi on charges of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. The court found that Munyakazi...
Gabon police arrested Rwandan doctor Jean-Chrysostome Ndindabahizi on charges of conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and murder in connection to the 1994 Rwandan genocide , according to Rwandan National Public Prosecution...
Rwanda genocide tribunal hears appeal of convicted former colonel
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) heard arguments Wednesday in an appeal filed on behalf of former Rwandan Armed Forces Colonel Tharcisse Renzaho . Renzaho was...
US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder on Wednesday attempted to commit suicide while being held in a Rwandan prison on charges of genocide denial, according to police. Erlinder was reportedly found...
Supreme Court declines to rule on abortion clinic layered protest zones
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a case involving a Massachusetts law prohibiting people from protesting directly outside of abortion clinics. Lawyers for the...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic claimed Tuesday that attacks against Bosnian Muslims were "staged," denying any involvement in war crimes. Karadzic was appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...
