The list of people indicted in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda includes all individuals who have been

indicted An indictment ( ) is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use the felonies concept often use that of an ...

on any counts of

genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Latin ...

crimes against humanity Crimes against humanity are widespread or systemic acts committed by or on behalf of a ''de facto'' authority, usually a state, that grossly violate human rights. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity do not have to take place within the ...

, war crimes, or contempt of the Tribunal by the Prosecutor of the

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR; french: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; rw, Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga Rwashyiriweho u Rwanda) was an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nation ...

(ICTR) pursuant to the Statute of the Tribunal. An individual is indicted when a Trial Chamber confirms an indictment submitted to it by the Prosecutor. The Trial Chamber may also "issue such orders and warrants for the arrest, detention, surrender or transfer of persons, and any other orders as may be required for the conduct of the trial."

Overview

The ICTR indicted a total of 96 individuals. One individual remains at large as a fugitive and if captured will be tried before the

International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, also referred to as the IRMCT or the Mechanism, is an international court established by the United Nations Security Council in 2010 to perform the remaining functions of the Internati ...

(the IRMCT). One individual is on trial before the IRMCT. The ICTR (or the IRMCT as its successor) convicted 61 individuals: 28 of whom are currently serving sentences, 22 of whom have completed their sentences, and 11 of whom died while serving their sentences. The Tribunal acquitted 14 individuals and transferred the cases against 10 individuals to national jurisdictions. Proceedings against nine individuals ended before a final judgment was rendered: two of whom had their charges dismissed by the Tribunal, two of whom had their charges withdrawn by the Prosecutor, and five of whom died.

List of indictees

The list below details the counts against each individual indicted in the Tribunal and his or her current status. The column titled G lists the number of counts (if any) of the

crime of genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Lati ...

with which an individual has been charged. H list the number of counts of

, W the number of counts of war crimes and C the number of counts of contempt of the Tribunal. Note that these are the counts with which an individual was indicted, not convicted.

References

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External links

Official Web site of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)IRMCT Cases Database for Rwanda
providing direct case based access to th
Judicial Records and Archives Database (JRAD)International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
and it
ICTR Basic Document and Case Law database for RwandaTrial International, Trial Watch for Rwanda
with facts, legal procedure and context for each case. The cases for Ruanda cover UN tribunal

ICTR The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR; french: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; rw, Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga Rwashyiriweho u Rwanda) was an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nation ...

, IRMCT and the rwandan Gacaca court.

Dynamic lists Rwandan genocide

Overview

List of indictees

See also

References

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