Four men, Dr Vincent Bajinya, Charles Munyaneza, Celestin Ugirashebuja and Emmanuel Nteziryayo have won their High Court case to stop them being extradited to Rwanda to face mass murder charges.
Senior judges in the case ruled that there was a real risk they would suffer a flagrant denial of justice as defence witnesses in Rwanda were [...]

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Rwanda has managed the extraordinary feat of reconstructing state and society after the devastating 1994 genocide in which three-quarters of the minority Tutsi population was annihilated. This conference assesses where Rwanda is now – and where it is heading – with respect to good governance, human rights, civil society, economic development, reconciliation, post-genocide justice, and [...]

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The University of Oxford symposium, “15 Years after Genocide: Where Now for Rwanda?” will take place in the Lecture Theatre, Social Sciences Building, Oxford, UK from 2pm to 6:30pm on 17 March and will be hosted by Oxford Transitional Justice Research, the Oxford Institute for Law, Ethics and Armed Conflict, and the European Studies Centre [...]

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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’s (ICTR) prosecutor’s failure to date to bring cases against Rwandan Patriotic Front officers responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 genocide risks undermining the court’s legacy. On December 12, 2008, ICTR Prosecutor Hassan Jallow will brief the Security Council, which is finalizing plans to [...]

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Technical Advances, but Insufficient Fair Trial Guarantees The Rwandan government has made notable progress in reforming its judicial system since 2004, but fair trial is still not assured, said Human Rights Watch in a new report released today.
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