March 31, 2006
Rwandan gacaca courts and their context
Phil Clark, a newly minted Ph.D. from Oxford University, recently published a lengthy and extremely informative reflection on the gacaca courts in Rwanda-- whose operation was the topic of his doctoral research. This article was in the Summer 2005 issue...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:31 PM |
Fulltext link
(4 comments)
February 11, 2006
ICTR appeals chamber upholds two acquittals
I just learned over at the blog Opinio Juris that the joint ICTR/ICTY appeals chamber in The Hague has upheld the acquittals that ICTR's trial chamber in Arusha handed down to Andre Ntagerura and Emmanuel Bagambiki. Kevin Jon Heller, the...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:09 AM |
Fulltext link
(0 comments)
January 22, 2006
Rwanda: Challenges of the post-genocide
I've just been pulling together all the material on Rwanda for my forthcoming book on post-atrocity policies in three African countries. Doing this has underlined for me, yet again, how tough the challenges are that the people and government of...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:36 PM |
Fulltext link
(6 comments)
October 08, 2005
Rwandans, still struggling
On October 7, Hirondelle news service had a despatch out of Kigali saying that the country's leaders now expect "over 700,000 people-- almost one-tenth of the population-- to be brought before genocide courts." Just a few weeks ago, the caseload...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:43 PM |
Fulltext link
(0 comments)
September 03, 2005
Good reporting on Rwanda prisoner release
Gabi Gabiro is a very talented, intelligent reporter for Hirondelle News Agency, a media project the EU has supported on Rwandan affairs since the aftermath of the genocide. I met and worked with him a little in Arusha, when I...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:25 PM |
Fulltext link
(2 comments)