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Month: August 2012

31.08.12 - WEEKLY SUMMARY - COURT DENIES BAIL TO UWINKINDI, ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES COMPLAINTS AGAINST RWANDANS
31 August 2012 by Justice Info
Arusha, August 31, 2012 (FH) – A Court in Rwanda this week refused to grant provisional release to Rwandan pastor Jean Uwinkindi, while a French association announced that it was preparing new complaints against Rwandans living in [...]
30.08.12 - ICTR/TRANSFER - DETERMINATION OF TRANSFER FOR MUNYAGISHARI CASE TO RWANDA LIKELY TO BE DELAYED
30 August 2012 by Justice Info
Arusha, August 30, 2012 (FH) – The final determination on appeal regarding transfer of the case of genocide-accused, Bernard Munyagishari, to Rwanda for trial is likely to be delayed because of translation problems from English to [...]
29.08.12 - RWANDA/JUSTICE - RWANDAN COURT REFUSES TO GRANT UWINKINDI PROVISIONAL RELEASE
29 August 2012 by Justice Info
Kigali, August 29, 2012 (FH) - The Nyamirambo Intermediate Court (Kigali) refused on Wednesday to grant genocide suspect Jean Uwinkindi provisional release, due to the “gravity of the facts allegedly committed and because of the r [...]
29.08.12 - MICT/MUNYARUGARAMA - LAWYER CONFUSES ROLES OF ICTR AND MECHANISM FOR CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS
29 August 2012 by Justice Info
Arusha, August 29, 2012 (FH) – A Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals has taken over some of the tasks of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, as the Tribunal winds down. However, it seems the roles of the MIC [...]
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27 August 2012 by Justice Info
27.08.12 - ICTR/ COLLABORATION WITH STATES - US, CANADA ALLOWED TO USE MATERIAL FROM PROTECTED WITNESSES Arusha, August 27, 2012 (FH) - The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) has allowed Canada and the US to use materials of protected witnesses who testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (IC [...]
24 August 2012 by Justice Info
23.08.12 - ICC/BUDGET – ICC REGISTRAR PROPOSES 119 MILLION EURO BUDGET FOR 2013 The Hague, August 23, 2012 (FH) - The Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has proposed a total budget of 118.75 million Euros for next year, up 9% on 2012. The budget has to be approved in November by the Assembly [...]
24 August 2012 by Justice Info
24.08.12 - WEEKLY SUMMARY - LIBYA DECIDES TO TRY GADDAFI’S SON, SENEGAL AND AU AGREE ON TRYING HABRE Arusha, August 24, 2012 (FH) – Libya this week announced that the trial of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, will start in September in Zintan, while Senegal and African Union signed an agreement to set up a tribunal to hear t [...]
24 August 2012 by Justice Info
24.08.2012 - WEEKLY SUMMARY (AUDIO) Arusha, August 24, 2012 (FH) – Libya announces the trial of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, to start in September in the country.Senegal and African Union agree to try formerChad President Hissene Habre. More from Faustine K [...]
23 August 2012 by Justice Info
23.08.12 - SENEGAL/HABRE - DAKAR AND THE AU SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO TRY HABRE Paris, August 23, 2012 (FH) - On Wednesday, Senegal signed an agreement with the African Union to set up a special tribunal to try Chad's former leader Hissene Habre.
23 August 2012 by Justice Info
22.08.12 - SCSL/TAYLOR’S DEFENCE WANTS TO CALL DISSENTING JUDGE TO THE STAND The Hague, August 22, 2012 (FH) - Charles Taylor’s lawyers have announced their intention to call Judge Malick Sow to the stand during the preliminary hearings scheduled to prepare Taylor’s appeal trial before the Special Court fo [...]
22 August 2012 by Justice Info
22.08.12 - ICTR/RWANDA - SPOTLIGHT ON RWANDA AS U.N. COURT TRANSFERS GENOCIDE CASES (Feature) Arusha, August 20, 2012 (FH) –The UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), created more than fifteen years ago to try those most responsible for the Rwandan genocide, is set to close by the end of 2014 at the latest [...]
18 August 2012 by Justice Info
17.08.2012 - WEEKLY SUMMARY (AUDIO) Arusha, August 17, 2012 (FH) – Rwandan and Congolese groups file an application at the International Criminal Court, seeking prosecution of Presidents Paul Kagame, Joseph Kabila and Yoweri Museveni. Jean-Pierre Bemba starts his de [...]
17 August 2012 by Justice Info
17.08.12 - WEEKLY SUMMARY - BEMBA'S DEFENCE OPENS, GROUPS SEEK PROSECUTION OF KAGAME, KABILA AND MUSEVENI Arusha, August 17, 2012 (FH) – Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial this week resumed at the International Criminal Court (ICC) with defence starting fielding its witnesses, while some Rwandans and Congolese filed an application to the Court [...]
16 August 2012 by Justice Info
16.08.12 - ICTR/BUTARE - TRANSLATION PROBLEMS SLOW APPEALS IN ICTR'S LONGEST CASE Arusha, August 16, 2012 (FH) –After a trial that took ten years, the “Butare case” before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda could also be its longest at the Appeals stage. One year after the judgment of the six accuse [...]
16 August 2012 by Justice Info
16.08.12 - ICC/COTE D’IVOIRE - ICC COMPETENT TO TRY FORMER IVORIAN PRESIDENT GBAGBO The Hague, August 16, 2012 (FH) -  The International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected on August 15 a challenge by Ivory Coast former President Laurent Gbagbo's lawyers on its jurisdiction to try him for crimes against humanity.
15 August 2012 by Justice Info
14.08.12 - ICC/BEMBA - FRENCH GENERAL TESTIFIES AS AN EXPERT IN BEMBA'S TRIAL The Hague, August 14, 2012 (FH) - The first defence witness testifying in Jean-Pierre Bemba’s trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) was called to the stand today as a military expert. A retired French general, Jacque [...]
14 August 2012 by Justice Info
14.08.12 - RWANDA/HUMAN RIGHTS - ALISON DES FORGES AWARDS FOR TWO AFRICAN ACTIVISTS Arusha, August 14, 2012 (FH) – Two advocates for human rights have been selected by Human Rights Watch as recipients of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism for the year 2012.
13 August 2012 by Justice Info
13.08.12 - RWANDA/JUSTICE -UWINKINDI REFUSES TO ANSWER PROSECUTION'S QUESTIONS Kigali, August 13, 2012 (FH) – Genocide suspect Jean Uwinkindi has refused four times in a row to answer questions from the Prosecution of the High court in Kigali, where he is attending the preliminary hearings of his trial for g [...]
11 August 2012 by Justice Info
10.08.2012 - WEEKLY SUMMARY (AUDIO) Arusha, August 10, 2012 (FH) – The International Criminal Court sets procedures for reparation of victims after conviction of Thomas Lubanga. The United States expresses its commitment on tracking remaining fugitives indicted by t [...]
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