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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [a] (ICTR; French: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; Kinyarwanda: Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga Rwashyiriweho u Rwanda) was an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 955 in order to adjudicate people charged for the Rwandan genocide and other serious violations of ...
Théoneste Bagosora (16 August 1941 – 25 September 2021) was a Rwandan military officer. He was chiefly known for his key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In 2011, the sentence was reduced to 35 years' imprisonment on appeal.
Paul Rusesabagina (Kinyarwanda: [ɾusesɑβaɟinɑ]; [3][4] born 15 June 1954) is a Rwandan human rights activist. He worked as the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, during a period in which it housed 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees fleeing the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. [5] None of these refugees were hurt ...
A Rwandan doctor who has been living in France for decades goes on trial Tuesday in Paris over his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. The trial comes nearly three decades after ...
The Gacaca courts (Kinyarwanda: [ɡɑ.t͡ʃɑ̌ː.t͡ʃɑ]) were a system of transitional justice in Rwanda following the 1994 genocide. The term 'gacaca' can be translated as 'short grass' referring to the public space where neighborhood male elders (abagabo) used to meet to solve local problems. [1] The name of this system was then adopted in ...
Case referred to Rwanda on 25 June 2012 [5] [9] [10] Charles Ryandikayo: 28 November 1995: 2 3 2 — Case referred to Rwanda on 20 June 2012 [5] [11] [10] Charles Sikubwabo: 28 November 1995: 3 6 4 — Case referred to Rwanda on 26 March 2012 [5] [12] [10] Mikaeli Muhimana: 28 November 1995: 2 2 — — 8 November 1999
A French-Cameroonian writer, Charles Onana, is due to go on trial in Paris accused of complicity in contesting the 1994 Rwandan genocide. About 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed within ...
The Council concluded by stating that the number of judges and trial chambers may be increased when necessary. Resolution 955 was adopted by 13 votes in favour and 1 vote against from Rwanda, while China abstained from the vote. [3] China abstained from the vote, viewing the genocide as an internal matter for Rwanda. [4]