U.N. Security Council Tells ICTR to Transfer Genocide Suspects to Rwanda as Rwanda Tries to Correct Its Deficiencies

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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
25
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 
On December 19, 2008, the United Nations Security Council asked the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to conclude its trials and start transferring defendants to Rwanda for trial. However, on December 16, 2008, the ICTR rejected the fifth application of its own prosecutor to transfer cases to Rwanda for trial there...[more]