17 March 2021 – Germany arrests former member of Gambian armed forces for...
Germany arrests former alleged member of Jammeh’s ‘Junglers’ hit squad for crimes against humanity: On 16 March 2021, German Prosecutors announced the arrest of a former member of the Gambian armed...
View Article26 October 2020 – Kabuga transferred to The Hague, and Gambia makes full...
MICT building (former ICTY building). Photo: Roman Boed via Flickr (CC) UN MICT orders transfer of Felicien Kabuga to The Hague: On 26 October, Felicien Kabuga was transferred to the custody of the...
View Article23 October 2020 – Turinabo trial begins at the UN MICT
MICT accused, Maximilien Turinabo. via Bing. Trial in the Turinabo et al. contempt case begins before the UN MICT: On 22 October 2020, the trial in Prosecutor v. Maximilien Turinabo et al. began before...
View Article6 October 2020 – Rwandan genocide suspects arrested in Belgium, Kabuga seeks...
Photo: Michael Coghlan via Flickr (CC). Belgian authorities arrest three suspects on Rwandan genocide charges: Belgian authorities have arrested three men suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan...
View Article1 October 2020 – UN Human Rights Office Report Ongoing Reprisals Against UN...
UN Human Rights Office Report to Human Rights Council Ongoing Reprisals Against UN Cooperators: The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported that it is “consistently receiving information” that that...
View Article8 September 2020 – Second mass grave uncovered in Libya’s Tarhuna, Former...
Khalifa Haftar. Photo: vivicentro.it via Bing (CC). Mass graves uncovered in liberated Tarhuna: Following the discovery of a mass grave last week in the Tarhuna province in Libya, the Tripoli-based...
View Article2 September 2020 – Paul Rusesabagina, ‘Hotel Rwanda’ manager, arrested and...
Photo: Michael Coghlan via Flickr (CC). Paul Rusesabagina, ‘Hotel Rwanda’ manager, arrested and deported to Rwanda to face terrorism charges: On 31 August 2020, the Rwandan Investigation Bureau tweeted...
View Article27 August 2020 – MICT investigators travel to Rwanda to gather fresh evidence
MICT investigators to gather new evidence in Rwanda: The Chief Prosecutor for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT) reported that a team of investigators are in Rwanda to...
View Article4 June 2020 – French Court Approves Extradition of Kabuga to IRMCT, and...
French Court Approves Extradition of Kabuga to IRMCT: A French court has ordered the extradition of Felicien Kabuga, who will be handed over to the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal...
View Article3 June 2020 – ICC Pre-Trial Chamber rejects Prosecution’s request to add rape...
ICC accused, Alfred Yekatom. Photo: diplomatmagazine.nl via Bing. ICC Pre-Trial Chamber rejects Prosecution’s request to add rape and sexual slavery charges in Yekatom case: On 1 June 2020, the ICC...
View Article22 May 2020 – UN MICT confirms death of ICTR fugitive, Bizimana
UN MICT Prosecutor confirms death of ICTR fugitive, Augustin Bizimana, after remains identified: On 22 May 2020, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Prosecutor, Serge Brammertz...
View Article18 May 2020 – Félicien Kabuga arrested in France
Félicien Kabuga. Photo: kenyans.co.ke via Bing. ICTR fugitive, Félicien Kabuga, arrested in France on indictment for genocide: On 16 May 2020, after 23 years of evading detection, Félicien Kabuga, an...
View Article6 April 2020 – Mass grave of est 30,000 bodies found in Rwanda
Photo: via blogspot.com (CC). On eve of 26th anniversary of Rwanda genocide, mass grave found with estimated 30,000 bodies: Authorities in Rwanda have reported that a valley dam that could contain...
View Article23 May 2020 – AC schedules hearing for Gbagbo / Ble Goude appeal & decision...
Laurent Gbagbo. Photo: alchetron.com via Bing. ICC Appeals Chamber schedules May hearing for appeal of Gbagbo and Ble Goude judgment of acquittal: On 20 March 2020, the Appeal Chamber (AC) of the ICC...
View Article18 October 2019 – Ngirabatware initial appearance, and new members of UN HR...
Augustine Ngirabatware. Photo: presstv.com via Bing. Ngirabatware initial appearance held at UN MICT on 17 October for contempt charges: On 17 October 2019, Augustin Ngirabatware had his initial...
View Article7 October 2019 – MICT Appeals Chamber issues Ngirabatware Review Judgment
Augustine Ngirabatware. Photo: presstv.com via Bing. MICT Appeals Chamber rejects Ngirabatware’s grounds for review; confirming conviction and sentence remain in force: On 24 September 2019, the MICT...
View Article5 September 2019 – UN MICT rejects postponement of Ngirabatware Review...
Augustine Ngirabatware. Photo: presstv.com via Bing. UN MICT Appeals Chamber dismisses Prosecution request to delay Ngirabatware Review Hearing: On 20 August 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the UN MICT...
View Article20 August 2019 – Al Bashir’s Sudanese trial begins, and MICT AC decision on...
Photo: Martha Heinemann Bixby via Flickr (CC). ICC indicted former Sudanese President, Omar Al Bashir, stands trial in Sudan: Omar Al Bashir, the former President of Sudan, is standing trial in...
View Article15 July 2019 – MICT grants stay on return of seized materials in Ngirabatware...
Augustine Ngirabatware. Photo: presstv.com via Bing. MICT grants Pros request for stay of decision to return seized materials from Ngirabatware, Turinabo et al.: On 9 July 2019, Judge Vagn Joensen,...
View Article9 May 2019 – Reuters Journalists Released After 511 Days Imprisonment for...
Reuters Journalists Released After 511 Days Imprisonment for Reporting on Rohingya Massacre: Photo: asiapacificreport.nz via Bing (CC). Two Reuters journalists, who were jailed for reporting on...
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