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June 12, 2023

Rwanda genocide accused Félicien Kabuga is ruled unfit to stand trial: this will further erode trust in international justice

Jonathan Beloff, King's College London

Kabuga’s release raises questions about the international community’s commitment to delivering justice for genocide victims.

The New Times of Rwanda announces the arrest of Felicien Kabuga in France, on May 16 2020, where he was living under a false identity. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP

September 4, 2020

Rwanda: what’s at stake in the trial of Félicien Kabuga

André Guichaoua, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Kabuga’s arrest marks the beginning of a long legal process in which the prosecution faces numerous challenges.

Picture dated 12 June 1994 showing an Interahamwe Hutu militiaman holding a machete in Gitarama, center Rwanda. Alexander Joe/AFP

September 2, 2020

Did machete imports to Rwanda prove that the genocide against the Tutsi was planned?

André Guichaoua, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Between 1992 and 1994, the former regime is said to have imported 581 tonnes of machetes into Rwanda. This figure appears to establish that the genocide was planned. But is this number accurate?

The date of arrest and a red cross marked on the face of Felicien Kabuga on a wanted poster at the Genocide Fugitive Tracking Unit office in Kigali, Rwanda, on May 19, 2020. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/ AFP via Getty Images)

June 1, 2020

What Kabuga’s arrest means for international criminal justice – and Rwanda

Kerstin Bree Carlson, University of Southern Denmark

Given the contested success of transitional justice in Rwanda, the arrest showcases the mixed record of international justice.

A red marks the face of Felicien Kabuga, one of the last key suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, on a wanted poster at the Genocide Fugitive Tracking Unit office in Kigali, Rwanda. Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images

May 21, 2020

Rwandans will want Félicien Kabuga tried at home. Why this won’t happen

Jonathan Beloff, SOAS, University of London

Though genocide survivors would ideally want Kabuga to be prosecuted in Rwanda, it won’t be possible, for legal or political reasons.

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