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Full accountability for Genocide in Rwanda remains elusive 30 years later

First Published in The New Times Rwanda by Zachary D. Kaufman, J.D., Ph.D: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Recent developments, including in the United States and within the United Nations, have been celebrated as indicating the successful pursuit of justice for the genocide. The truth, however, is more complicated. On May 15, the UN…

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Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga unfit for trial - court

A UN court has ruled that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial. The Hague-based International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals said it finds that “Félicien Kabuga is unfit to participate meaningfully in his trial and is very unlikely to regain fitness in the future". It has called for an "alternative" legal procedure that “resembles a trial as closely as possible, but without the possibility of a conviction”. The trial of Mr Kabuga, 88, was put on hold in March over health concerns. He was arrested in Paris in 2020 after evading capture for 26 years. He is accused of being the primary financier of the militia and political groups that perpetrated the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. He went on trial in The Hague last September, accused of setting up hate media that urged ethnic Hutus to kill rival Tutsis and supplying death squads with machetes. He denied the charges. Read the full article

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Milosevic spymasters get longer jail terms in last UN court verdict

AP, Wednesday 31 May 2023 U.N. appeals judges on Wednesday significantly expanded the convictions of two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, holding them responsible for involvement in crimes during the Balkan wars. Serge Brammertz, prosecutor of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, speaks to reporters after an appeals panel increased the…

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Living in Fear No More: Rwanda's Top Genocide Fugitive Behind Bars

  One of the world’s most wanted genocide fugitives has been arrested after being on the run for more than two decades, the UN tribunal prosecuting war crimes committed in Rwanda announced on Thursday. Fulgence Kayishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000 Tutsi refugees at Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said in a statement. He was arrested in South Africa on Wednesday in a joint operation between the IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor and the authorities.  

Finally facing justice

Kayishema has been at large since 2001 and was among four remaining fugitives from the genocide, during which an estimated one million people were killed, and roughly 150,000 to 250,000 women raped, over a period of some 100 days. In a statement released by his Spokesperson, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the arrest "sends a powerful message that those who are alleged to have committed such crimes cannot evade justice and will eventually be held accountable, even more than a quarter of a century later."   Mr. Guterres commended the cooperation between the IRMCT and the South African authorities for the apprehension, and recalled that "all States have an obligation to cooperate with the Mechanism in the location, arrest, detention, surrender and transfer of the accused persons still at large."   IRMCT Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz said his arrest ensures the long-standing fugitive will finally face justice for his alleged crimes. “Genocide is the most serious crime known to humankind. The international community has committed to ensure that its perpetrators will be prosecuted and punished. This arrest is a tangible demonstration that this commitment does not fade and that justice will be done, no matter how long it takes,” he added.  

International partners for justice

Mr. Brammertz said the thorough investigation that led to the arrest was made possible through the support and cooperation of South Africa and the Operational Task Team established by President Cyril Ramaphosa to assist the ICMRT Fugitive Tracking Team. They also received “vital support” from similar Task Forces in other African countries, notably Eswatini and Mozambique. “Rwandan authorities under the leadership of Prosecutor General Aimable Havugiyaremye continued to be our strongest partners and provided essential assistance,” he said.   The Chief Prosecutor also cited support from other countries, including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, saying “Kayishema’s arrest demonstrates yet again that justice can be secured, no matter the challenges, through direct cooperation between international and national law enforcement agencies.”   The IRMCT performs essential functions previously carried out by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which closed in December 2015, and another for the former Yugoslavia, which concluded two years later. Kayishema was indicted by the Rwanda tribunal in 2001. He was charged with genocide, complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and crimes against humanity for killings and other crimes committed in Kivumu Commune, Kibuye Prefecture, during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. According to the indictment, he and other co-perpetrators murdered more than 2,000 refugees - men, women, elderly persons, and children - at the Nyange Church in Kivumu commune, on 15 April 1994. He “directly participated in the planning an execution” of the massacre, working methodically over two days following, to transfer the corpses to mass graves.  

Further step forward

The arrest marks “a further step forward” in the effort to account for all those fugitives still at large who have been indicted by the ICTR. Since 2020, the OTP Fugitive Tracking Team has accounted for five of the fugitives at large, including another of the architects of the genocide which was orchestrated by the extremist Hutu regime at the time, - Félicien Kabuga. - Augustin Bizimana. - Protais Mpiranya. - Phéneas Munyarugarama. - Fulgence Kayishema. There are now only three outstanding fugitives.   Sources: THX News & UN News. Read the full article

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In 1929, during the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall, the interior secretary for American President Warren Harding, was found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. He was the first Cabinet member to be adjudicated guilty of a crime. The Japanese military employed its first unit of kamikaze pilots in 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf off the coast of the Philippines. When China was admitted as a member of the UN in 1971, the Nationalist Chinese government of Taiwan was overthrown. In 1983, American forces invaded Grenada with the assistance of six Caribbean nations, rescuing 1,000 American students, and restoring law and order. Over a two-month period of fighting, more than 100 people died.

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In October, a United Nations tribunal put Felician Kabuga, a Rwandan businessman and radio persona, and one of the architects of the 1994 Rwandan genocide on trial, charging him with direct involvement in genocide, public incitement to genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and human rights violations. The case may set a precedent for Russian propagandists, whose crucial role in justifying – and perhaps initiating – the war in Ukraine is well known. Less well understood is what consequences Russian architects of the war might face. Meduza explains the challenges the international community will face in bringing Russian propagandists to court, and what the charges could be if they ever do stand trial.

Felician Kabuga’s case

In early October, the trial of 89-year old Felician Kabuga began in The Hague. Kabuga was the founder of the radio station Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines, which prosecutors say was one of the main causes of the genocide of the Tutsi people in Rwanda in 1994. The radio station’s employees were exclusively members of Rwanda’s Hutu majority, and its broadcasts compared the Tutsi minority to cockroaches and called for their mass murder. It is estimated that between 500,000 and a million people were killed in the Rwandan genocide.

Kabuga was on the run for 23 years, until his arrest in France in 2020. A United Nations tribunal has charged him with genocide, public incitement to genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and human rights violations. The businessman is also accused of supporting the Interahamwe, a Hutu paramilitary organization accused of carrying out mass murders against civilians. Kabuga maintains that he is innocent and his defense has said that he is merely a businessman who was caught up in the conflict.

He will be tried by the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (also known as simply the Mechanism), an international court which was established to complete the work of UN tribunals on Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and to prosecute criminals who were not tried before those tribunals’ mandates ended. 

The Mechanism is now headquartered in Tanzania, but Kabuga will be tried in The Hague, after medical experts agreed that transporting him long distances could harm his health. The Hague also permanently houses the International Criminal Court, which investigates crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other international crimes, and the International Court of Justice, sometimes called the World Court, which resolves disputes between states.

The Mechanism is an ad hoc tribunal – in other words, it was formed for special circumstances. Like other ad hoc UN courts, it was created by a UN Security Council vote in which permanent members (China, Russia, the UK, the US, and France) have the right to veto. 14 members approved the resolution to create the Mechanism, and one – Russia – abstained. Explaining its decision, the Russian Federation stated that the tribunals on Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia had “ample opportunity to complete the tasks assigned to them within the established period.”

Kabuga is on trial for his role in inciting genocide by producing anti-Tutsi propaganda, as well as for more “direct” involvement, including procuring weapons used to massacre Tutsis. Experts with the Public Verdict organization told Meduza that proving direct involvement, in Kabuga’s case, is easier than proving incitement. The precedent from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda holds that incitement must be “direct” and “public.” A vague or oblique hint cannot be considered “direct” speech – it must provoke another person to “immediate” action. The UN’s International Law Commission considers appeals “public” which are made in a public place or through mass media. Incitement to genocide in a private conversation can be criminal only when it produces real consequences. In theory, public incitement can be prosecuted even if nothing results from it.

Formally, incitement does not have to be successful in order to find the perpetrator guilty. However, at the international level, people have been held accountable for incitement only when genocide occurred and the connection between the crimes and the propaganda was obvious, Gleb Bogush, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, told Meduza.

Rwandan propagandists – a precedent for their Russian counterparts?

You can judge for yourself how similar Russian propagandists’ speech is to that of Rwandan “journalists.” Here’s an excerpt from a 1994 radio broadcast, which the tribunal on Rwanda declared criminal (the name of the announcer was illegible):

Last night, I saw a Tutsi kid who was wounded and thrown in a pit 15 meters deep. He managed to climb out, and they finished him off with a club. Before his death he was interrogated. He said the Inkotanyi promised to pay for his university studies. Fine, but this could have been achieved without risking your life and ruining your country. I don’t understand what the Inkotanyi are thinking. They don’t have more weapons than us. They have far fewer people. I think unless they retreat they’ll disappear. 

And here’s what Anton Krasovsky, broadcasting director of RT Russia’s Russian-language service, said on air during a conversation with writer Sergey Lukyanenko (before these remarks, he described hearing, as a child, other children say “Ukraine is occupied by Russkies”):

Those children should have been straight-up drowned in the Tysyna, right where the duck swims (Editor's note: This is reference to a Ukrainian folk song). Straight-up drowned, those children. Drowned! Right in the Tysyna. This isn’t your method; you’re cultured people, you fantasy writers. This is our method. As soon as they say, ‘The Russkies have occupied [Ukraine],’ throw them into a river with a violent, raging current.

Lukyanenko responded by saying that in ancient Rus, “branches were traditionally used” to punish people, to which Krasovsky said that the children could have been burned: “Just stuff them in a log cabin and burn it.”

There are numerous other examples: an infamous RIA Novosti op-ed calling for the destruction of the Ukrainian nation; Alexander Dugin demanding that Russian casualties from the 2014 Crimean crisis be “cleansed with the blood of [Ukrainian] scum;” the Russian publicist Armen Gasparyan, who published a pseudo-historical argument against Ukrainian nationhood.

Russian propagandists will probably try to justify themselves by saying that they also consider Russians and Ukrainians to be “brothers.” The tribunal on Rwanda shows that this tactic is unlikely to work. For example, during that tribunal, the defense cited Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines announcer Kantano Habimana as saying:

I don’t hate Tutsis! That’s not true. Why would I hate Tutsis? The only cause of misunderstanding is that Inkotanyi bombs fell on us. They drove us from our homes and forced us to live in the desert. That was the only cause of misunderstanding. There’s no reason to hate them. Now they understand that dialogue is the most important thing. They let go of their grudge and laid down their arms. [...] They’re also Rwandan. [...] Even Inokantyi can speak on our radio. Anyone who thinks our radio stations cause quarrels between people will be amazed. You’ll find that you were mistaken. In the end, the radio will be a mediator between the people.

Regardless of excerpts that could be taken as defense of Tutsis, the tribunal found that the broadcast was still incitement, and that the journalist obviously intended to “arouse anger against Tutsis” and to “deride them.”

Ukraine and the genocide question

There is no doubt that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been and continues to be brutal and inhumane. Technically, international legal bodies have not yet judged whether events in Ukraine constitute the international crime of genocide. Heads of state have weighed in on the matter, though.

United States President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump called the situation in Ukraine genocide. President of France Emmanuel Macron considers it best to be “prudent” with the term, but has indicated that the Russian army is committing war crimes (genocide is a separate category). 

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A. A. Khan stated that he is “satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine.” The ICC Prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into these crimes. However, Khan did not specifically mention that the Court considers events in Ukraine to be genocide.

Many avenues, many roadblocks, for bringing Russian propagandists before the law

Russian propagandists will not be tried by the tribunals on Yugoslavia and Rwanda, but they could possibly be brought to trial in the International Criminal Court. However, several obstacles exist.

First, the Rome Statute, a treaty which established the four core international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, regulates the ICC’s activities. In 2016 Russia ceased, by presidential decree, to be a party to the Rome Statute and no longer has legal obligations arising from it. Ukraine is also not a party to the Statute. The ICC prosecutor can investigate crimes even if the country on whose territory they were committed, or whose citizens are suspects, is not a party to the Rome Statute. However, the Court does not have the right to try suspects in absentia.

Second, the charter of the tribunal which is trying Kabuga contains a separate clause on “direct and public incitement to genocide” as a punishable offense. The Rome Statute of the ICC has a clause on genocide, but no specific content relating to appeals or incitement. A tribunal is therefore more likely than the ICC to bring suspects to justice for incitement.

In theory, the UN could form a separate tribunal on events in Ukraine – and the possibility of trying defendants in absentia could be written into its charter. Moreover, a tribunal formed about the war in Ukraine could possibly have even broader jurisdiction than the tribunal on Rwanda or the Mechanism, which can charge propagandists only with public incitement to genocide or direct involvement. However, forming an international tribunal presents a problem. Doing so requires an agreement by the UN Security Council – Russia, as a permanent member, has veto power and would definitely use it.

There are also a few theoretical possibilities even without Russia’s cooperation.

At the end of October, Lichtenstein’s Permanent Representative to the UN proposed that the General Assembly create a tribunal. The Assembly has the right to take action if the Security Council cannot reach an agreement due to a veto from one of its permanent members and there has been a threat to peace, a breach of peace, or an act of aggression.

Then there’s the possibility of something resembling the Nuremberg trials, which lawyers with the Public Verdict organization told Meduza was theoretically possible. That tribunal was formed when four countries (France, the UK, US, and USSR) met in London and signed a multilateral agreement. But experts say that now that the structures of the UN and ICC exist, politicians are unlikely to revive this rudimentary approach.

It’s also important to keep in mind that the Nuremberg tribunal took place immediately after a war, and that the victorious countries tried war criminals from the losing side. This meant that justice was more important than the formal letter of the law. In fact, the law was worked out during the process itself – the term “genocide” was first used during the Nuremberg trials. The tribunals on Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, which are more likely precedents for a possible tribunal on Russian crimes in Ukraine, were carried out by parties with greater remove from the effects of those wars.

Finally, the Russian Federation has an article in its own criminal code under which propagandists can, in theory, be prosecuted. The maximum sentence for the crime of publicly calling to unleash a war of aggression is imprisonment for up to five years. Legal expert Gleb Bogush believes that propagandists could also be considered accomplices to the crime of planning, preparing, initiating, or waging a war of aggression, whose maximum penalty is a 20 year prison term. However, experts from Public Verdict could not find any instance of Russia invoking those articles. 

Even failing an international tribunal or criminal prosecution within Russia, there is still one possibility for holding Russian propagandists and war criminals accountable. It is connected to the legal principle of universal jurisdiction. Many countries in Europe and North America allow national courts to prosecute people who are not citizens of that country for crimes committed overseas.

Universal jurisdiction applies only to a few categories of crime – genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture, and international acts of terrorism. Several participants in the Rwandan genocide have been arrested and tried in various countries, such as Germany, that recognize their own courts’ universal jurisdiction over the crime of genocide.

And of course, in the end, the formation of a tribunal or a separate case is a question not only of legal aspects but of political will. 

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UN Special Adviser welcomes start of trial against top Rwanda genocide suspect |

UN Special Adviser welcomes start of trial against top Rwanda genocide suspect |

Opening statements in the case against Félicien Kabuga are set for Thursday and Friday at the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), located in The Hague. According to his indictment, Mr. Kabuga was a founder of the radio station Free Radio Television of the Thousand Hillswhose broadcasts furthered hatred and violence against the Tutsi ethnic group and others. He is…

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LEGAL OFFICER, P3 Jobs at IRMCT / UN November, 2020

LEGAL OFFICER, P3 Jobs at IRMCT / UN November, 2020

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New Job Vacancy United Nations (UN) at IRMCT Arusha - Witness Support Assistant

New Job Vacancy United Nations (UN) at IRMCT Arusha – Witness Support Assistant

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Radovan Karadzic Fast Facts | CNN MICHAEL KOOREN/AFP/Getty Images Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic appears in the courtroom at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on July 11, 2013. (CNN) —   Here is a look at the life of Radovan Karadzic, who was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity related to ethnic violence during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Petnjica, Montenegro Father: Vuk Karadzic Mother: Jovanka Karadzic Marriage: Ljiljana Karadzic Children: Aleksandar; Sonja Education: University of Sarajevo Nicknamed the “Butcher of Bosnia.” Was a practicing psychiatrist before entering politics. The US State Department offered a $5 million-dollar reward for information leading to Karadzic’s capture. Claimed that he made a deal with US diplomat Richard Holbrooke in which he would not be prosecuted for war crimes if he withdrew from public life. Holbrooke denied this. Was charged with two counts of genocide, five counts of crimes against humanity and four counts of violations of the laws or customs of war. Karadzic was found guilty of 10 of the 11 charges and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Appeal judges later increased his sentence to life in prison. 1990 – Helps found the Serbian Democratic Party in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 1992 – Is named president of the newly declared Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina. 1992-1995 – Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic lead Bosnian Serb forces in seizing territory across Bosnia-Herzegovina, killing and displacing Muslims and Croats. More than 100,000 people are killed as a result of the conflict. July 1995 – Serb troops overrun Srebrenica, a UN-designated “safe area,” and execute between 6,000-8,000 Bosnian-Muslims. July 25, 1995 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announces indictments for Karadzic and Ratko Mladic on charges of crimes against humanity and the genocide of Bosnian Muslims and Croats. November 16, 1995 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia issues a second indictment, charging Karadzic and Mladic with genocide and crimes against humanity for the events that occurred in Srebrenica. November 21, 1995 – The Dayton Accords, a US-brokered peace deal, is agreed upon, ending the war. The treaty is officially signed on December 14. 1996 – Karadzic goes into hiding. July 21, 2008 – Karadzic is arrested in Serbia. He is later extradited to The Hague to face charges. August 29, 2008 – Refuses to enter a plea. A plea of not guilty is entered on his behalf. October 26, 2009 – Karadzic’s trial begins, but Karadzic, who is representing himself, refuses to appear, saying he has not been given enough time to prepare. November 5, 2009 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announces it will be imposing a lawyer on Karadzic. The lawyer will be given three and a half months to prepare for the trial. March 1, 2010 – Karadzic’s trial resumes. May 26, 2011 – Mladic is arrested in Serbia. June 28, 2012 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia throws out one count of genocide against Karadzic. July 11, 2013 – Appellate judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia reinstate a genocide charge, ruling that the tribunal improperly dismissed the count in June 2012. March 24, 2016 – Karadzic is found guilty of 10 of the 11 charges against him, including one count of genocide. He is sentenced to 40 years in prison. July 22, 2016 – Officially files a notice of appeal to the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. April 23-24, 2018 – Karadzic’s appellate hearing takes place. March 20, 2019 – Karadzic’s sentence for genocide is increased from 40 years to life imprisonment by the appeal judges at a UN court in The Hague, Netherlands. Source link Orbem News #CNN #Facts #Fast #Karadzic #Radovan

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China pays in full its UN regular budget dues for 2021

China pays in full its UN regular budget dues for 2021

Abstract : China on Tuesday paid in full all assessed contributions to the UN regular budget and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the year 2021, said the Chinese Mission to the United Nations. Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2020 shows the outside view of the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States. (Xinhua/Wang Ying) China has fulfilled its financial…

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BREAKING:South Africa accepts month to month administration of UN Security Council

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BREAKING:South Africa accepts month to month administration of UN Security Council

South Africa on Tuesday accepted the turning month to month administration of the United Nations (UN) Security Council.

During the month, South Africa will zero in on reinforcing the collaboration between African Union (AU) and United Nations, and accentuating the significance of a proactive way to deal with the support of worldwide harmony and security, especially through causing more prominent to notice ‘deterrent discretion systems,’ Jerry Matjila, lasting agent of South Africa to the UN and leader of the Security Council for the period of December, told writers during a half and half press preparation at the UN base camp in New York.

This is South Africa’s second administration during its two-year (2019-2020) chosen term on the committee.

December will likewise be the nation’s last month on the chamber during its present term.

In December, there will be a clerical level discussion on “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Security Sector Governance and Reform,” said Matjila, adding that the nation would arrange elevated level open videoconference banter on collaboration between the UN and AU harmony and security structures.

As its third signature occasion, South Africa has decided to have an instructions on ‘the advancement and fortifying of the standard of law, zeroing in on reinforcing the participation between the Security Council and the International Court of Justice.’

Corresponding to other African issues, a selection is foreseen to restore the order of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with an instructions and conferences in front of the reestablishment.

There are gatherings identified with Sudan and South Sudan also.

On South Sudan, there will be a preparation and meetings on the exercises of the UN Mission in South Sudan, just as an instructions by the seat of the 2206 South Sudan Sanctions Committee.

On Iran, the committee is planned to get the secretary-general’s report on the execution of Resolution 2231, which in 2015 supported the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s atomic program.

As per Matjila, there will likewise be normal gatherings on Syria, Yemen and the circumstance in the Middle East, a quarterly gathering on Afghanistan and the semi-yearly discussion on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.

The gathering will likewise be watching improvements in Ethiopia, Western Sahara and Nagorno-Karabakh, said the minister.

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Rwanda genocide 'financier' to face UN tribunal at The Hague

Felicien Kabuga, once one of Rwanda's richest men, is accused of helping create a Hutu militia group and inciting murder through his radio network.

A suspected financier of Rwanda's 1994 genocide faces a pre-trial hearing in The Hague on Wednesday, a United Nations tribunal says.

Felicien Kabuga, once one of Rwanda's richest men, is accused of crimes against humanity including genocide, complicity in genocide and incitement to commit genocide, for having helped create a militia group and using his media company to incite people to murder - charges he denies.

More than two decades after Kabuga was first indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), he was arrested near Paris on May 16.

A courtroom sketch made on May 20, 2020, shows Kabuga wearing a protective face mask as he appeared publicly for the first time at the Paris Court of Appeal [File: Benoit Peyrucq/AFP]

The former tea and coffee tycoon was then transferred to The Hague in advance of his trial in at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT), the UN tribunal that took over responsibility for trying those accused of atrocities in the Rwandan genocide after the ICTR wound up in 2012.

Kabuga's lawyers will be asked to update the MICT on Wednesday on how their preparations for trial were proceeding, said Judge Iain Bonomy in Arusha, Tanzania.

He said Kabuga - aged 84 according to the arrest warrant even though he says he is 87 - could appear in a courtroom in The Hague or via videolink from his detention center.

The MICT will put him on trial for crimes against humanity including genocide, complicity in genocide and incitement to commit genocide.

UN prosecutors accuse Kabuga of having helped to create the Interahamwe Hutu militia group and of urging the killing of Tutsis through his Radio-Television Libre des Mille Collines.

He is also accused of bankrolling and importing huge numbers of machetes for ethnic Hutu militias who killed hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda during a 100-day period in 1994.

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SENIOR TRIAL ATTORNEY, P5 at IRMCT / United Nations

SENIOR TRIAL ATTORNEY, P5 at IRMCT / United Nations

SENIOR TRIAL ATTORNEY, P5 at IRMCT / United Nations Nafsi za Kazi UN Posting Title: SENIOR TRIAL ATTORNEY, P5 Job Code Title: SENIOR LEGAL OFFICER Department/Office: International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Duty Station: ARUSHA Posting Period: 20 November 2020 – 19 December 2020 Job Opening Number: 20-Legal Affairs-RMT-144716-R-Arusha (R) Staffing Exercise N/A United…

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New Job Opportunity United Nations (UN) at IRMCT Arusha - Assistant Legal Officer, P-2

New Job Opportunity United Nations (UN) at IRMCT Arusha – Assistant Legal Officer, P-2

Associate Legal Officer, P-2 (TEMPORARY)Position: Associate Legal Officer, P-2The post is located in the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), Arusha. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Senior Legal Officer/Officer-in-Charge and/or Legal Officers.Responsibilities:The incumbent will perform the following…