Uganda Agrees to Sign Extradition Treaty with Rwanda

On March 23, 2007, following a Uganda-Rwanda meeting on border security and governance, Uganda announced that it would ratify the extradition treaty signed last year with Rwanda by the end of April 2007. Uganda’s decision to ratify the treaty follows criticisms of the absence of a legal instrument to send suspected dissents to Rwanda. In February 2007, Uganda handed over 10 rebels of the Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais (Assembly of Rwandese People) to Rwanada. Human rights groups criticized the handover, arguing that they lacked a legitimate legal basis ... [more]