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Rwandan hate singer to come before UN war crimes tribunal

28 March 2002
A 48-year old man accused of performing songs that incited the Hutu Interahamwe militia to kill Tutsis in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the United Nations court announced today.

Genocide trial of four top Rwandan officers set to start at UN tribunal next week

25 March 2002
Four former high-ranking Rwandan military officers, including the alleged mastermind behind the plot to exterminate the country’s Tutsi population in 1994, are set to go on trial next week at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

Cooperation from Belgrade ‘selective and limited,’ UN war crimes prosecutor says

21 March 2002
The Chief Prosecutor for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said today that prosecution of those charged with war crimes was being thwarted by lack of cooperation from the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Two former Rwandan officials enter not-guilty pleas before UN war crimes tribunal

18 March 2002
Two former officials accused of genocide during Rwanda’s 1994 civil war entered separate not-guilty pleas today during their first appearance before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal (ICTR).

Prison warden sentenced to 7 years by UN Yugoslavia Criminal Tribunal

15 March 2002
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today sentenced former prison warden Milorad Krnojelac to seven years imprisonment for crimes against humanity.

Rwanda: UN tribunal proposes investigation into charges witnesses mistreated

14 March 2002
Responding to allegations that witnesses, particularly those from Rwanda, have been mistreated, the United Nations war crimes tribunal has proposed forming a joint committee with the country’s government to investigate the charges.

Rwanda: UN war crimes tribunal projects speedier conclusion of its work

12 March 2002
By reducing the number of suspects targeted for investigation and ending all enquiries over the next couple of years, as well as adding a pool of temporary judges, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) would be able to wrap up its work no later than 2008, according to the President of the court.

UN tribunal grants provisional release to two war crimes suspects

20 February 2002
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today granted provisional release to two suspects facing prosecution for war crimes committed on opposing sides of the conflict that engulfed the Balkans in the early 1990s.

At UN tribunal, former Rwandan priest pleads not guilty to war crimes

8 February 2002
A former Catholic priest accused of participating in the Rwandan genocide pleaded not guilty today to all four charges brought against him by the United Nations war crimes tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania.

Former priest facing charges for Rwanda genocide transferred to UN tribunal

7 February 2002
A former Catholic priest accused of killing thousands of Tutsis during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has been transferred to the United Nations war crimes tribunal and is now detained at the court’s facility in Arusha, Tanzania.