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Crime
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- Cost:
- Standard rate: £25 - Corporate users will pay less.
- Length:
- 30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute accreditation test) - Streaming Audio:
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- Course Aims:
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This course provides a detailed discussion of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. It is aimed at lawyers practising in the field of criminal law and/or human rights, as well as those with an interest in the area.
- Outcomes:
- After completing the course you will:
- After completing the course you will: Have learnt some of the historical background to the creation of the ICTR and the reasons why it is situated where it is; Gain a detailed knowledge of the first five years of the Tribunal's operation; Have grasped the scale of the delays and the wholesale failure of the Tribunal to deal with cases speedily; Understand the reasons for these delays; Have learnt the effect of ICTR acquittals; Understand the problem of “selective prosecution”.
- Accredited CPD Time:
- 30 minutes
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Sources and References:
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- US State Department, Rwanda: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006;
- Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, 6 March 2007;
- Amnesty International, Rwanda: Freedom of Expression Under Attack: Public Statement, 27 Feb. 2007, AI Index: AFR 47/002/2007;
- Amnesty International Annual Report 2006;
- Amnesty International Annual Report 2007;
- Rwanda Section, Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks on the Press in 2005 Africa;
- Rwanda section, Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks on the Press in 2006 Africa;
- “There will be no trial”: Police killings of detainees and the imposition of collective punishments, Human Rights Watch, Col. 19, No. 10(A), July 2007;
- Rwanda: Government slams door on political life and civil society, Amnesty International, AI: Index: AFR 47/012/2004, 9 June 2004;
- Rwanda World Report 2005, Human Rights Watch;
- US State Department Rwanda: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006;
- Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, 6 March 2007;
- Reyntjens, F. Rwanda, Ten Years on - From Genocide to Dictatorship, Royal African Society, African Affairs, Vol. 103:177-210 (2004) p.204;
- Appeal to the UN Security Council to ensure that the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is fulfilled, Amnesty International, 12 December 2006, AI Index: IOR 40/045/2006;
- Report of the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to the Security Council on the Completion Strategy. 13 June 2005. UN Doc: S/PV/5199. p.15;
- Flammarion, Paris 2007.
In this podcast, we interview Benjamin Gumpert of 36 Bedford Row Chambers about the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Ben is currently before the ICTR, defending one of the members of the former Rwandan government who is indicted with genocide and other related crimes. The podcast considers the main problems the ICTR faces, which include huge delays, the refusal of the Rwandan RPF Government to accept acquittals, and the issue of “selective prosecution”.