Kabuga

Arrested in mid-May after 26 years on the run, the Rwandan businessman faces seven counts of genocide and crimes against humanity. In late September, the Court of Cassation validated the arrest warrant issued against him and ordered his transfer to the mechanism, a UN body responsible for the latest cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which closed its doors in 2014. The…

A UN court said on Monday that Felicien Kabuga, suspected of financing the Rwandan genocide in 1994, has been transferred from France to The Hague. .

Félicien Kabuga will eventually have to be transferred to The Hague rather than Arusha. This is the decision taken on Wednesday by a judge of the UN mechanism responsible for the latest cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). He was arrested on May 16 in the suburbs of Paris and prosecuted for genocide and crimes against humanity.…

A UN judge ruled on Wednesday that Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga, who has been in a French prison since May, should be sent to a detention center in The Hague ahead of his trial. "I hereby amend the arrest warrant and the transfer order," said Judge Iain Bonomy of Arusha, Tanzania. "I think there are unusual…

When will Félicien Kabuga be tried? France, where the alleged Rwandan genocide was arrested in May, gave the green light on Wednesday to define its surrender to the mechanism of international courts seeking to try him for war crimes and genocide. An important step has been taken, but the road to trial is still long. Serge Brammertz, lawyer for this mechanism, is our guest this morning. .

In tonight's edition: A French court rules that the Rwandan man accused of bankrolling the country's genocide can be transferred to a UN tribunal to be prosecuted. Felix Kabuga was arrested near Paris earlier this year after 25 on the run. Cameroon is accused of becoming more and more oppressive after hundreds of opposition protesters remain in jail after their arrest at anti-government demonstrations…

The Paris Court of Cassation on Wednesday, September 30, validated the surrender of the alleged Rwandan genocide Félicien Kabuga to international justice. France therefore now has one month to hand it over to the MTPI (Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals). The Court of Cassation finally rejected the appeal introduced by the lawyers from Félicien Kabuga to avoid this transfer. The alleged Rwandan genocide will therefore be handed over to international justice. She thus confirms the decision taken in June last…