Tuesday, July 14, 2009
[IWS] ICTR: Tharcisse Renzaho Given Life Sentence [Rwanda Genocide] [14 July 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
ICTR/INFO-9-2-604.EN
Arusha, 14 July 2009
Tharcisse Renzaho Given Life Sentence
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/604.html
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda today sentenced Tharcisse Renzaho, prefect of Kigali-Ville and Colonel in the Rwandan Armed Forces in 1994, to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II (war crimes) but acquitted of complicity to commit genocide.
The Chamber found that Renzaho supported the killings of Tutsis at roadblocks, which were set up following his directives. It concluded that he ordered the distribution of weapons, and that persons who received them then killed Tutsis. Renzaho also supervised a selection process at a refugee site called CELA, where about 40 Tutsis were abducted and killed.
At the Sainte Famille church, the Chamber found that he participated in an attack where more than 100 Tutsis were killed. He also made remarks encouraging the sexual abuse of women and was found criminally liable for rape that followed.
Renzaho was arrested on 29 September 2002 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and transferred to the UN Detention Facility on 30 September 2002. The trial commenced on 8 January 2007 and closed on 6 September 2007 after hearing 53 witnesses, including Renzaho, over 49 trial days.
The Prosecution team was led by Senior Trial Attorney Jonathan Moses, and included Katya Melluish and Ignacio Tredici. Renzaho was represented by Maître François Cantier (France) and Barnabé Nekuie (Cameroon). The case was heard by Trial Chamber I, composed of Judges Erik Møse (Norway), presiding, Sergei Alekseevich Egorov (Russian Federation) and Florence Rita Arrey (Cameroon).
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
ICTR/INFO-9-2-604.EN
Arusha, 14 July 2009
Tharcisse Renzaho Given Life Sentence
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/604.html
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda today sentenced Tharcisse Renzaho, prefect of Kigali-Ville and Colonel in the Rwandan Armed Forces in 1994, to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II (war crimes) but acquitted of complicity to commit genocide.
The Chamber found that Renzaho supported the killings of Tutsis at roadblocks, which were set up following his directives. It concluded that he ordered the distribution of weapons, and that persons who received them then killed Tutsis. Renzaho also supervised a selection process at a refugee site called CELA, where about 40 Tutsis were abducted and killed.
At the Sainte Famille church, the Chamber found that he participated in an attack where more than 100 Tutsis were killed. He also made remarks encouraging the sexual abuse of women and was found criminally liable for rape that followed.
Renzaho was arrested on 29 September 2002 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and transferred to the UN Detention Facility on 30 September 2002. The trial commenced on 8 January 2007 and closed on 6 September 2007 after hearing 53 witnesses, including Renzaho, over 49 trial days.
The Prosecution team was led by Senior Trial Attorney Jonathan Moses, and included Katya Melluish and Ignacio Tredici. Renzaho was represented by Maître François Cantier (France) and Barnabé Nekuie (Cameroon). The case was heard by Trial Chamber I, composed of Judges Erik Møse (Norway), presiding, Sergei Alekseevich Egorov (Russian Federation) and Florence Rita Arrey (Cameroon).
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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