ICTR NEWSLETTER Vol. 1, No. 6, November 2003 Published by the External Relations and Strategic Planning Section – Immediate Office of the Registrar United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Ad litem judges from left to right: Judge Florence Rita Arrey (Cameroon), Judge Solomy Balongi Bossa (Uganda), Judge Lee Gacuiga Muthoga (Kenya) and Judge Flavia Lattanzi (Italy) Ad litem Judges Sworn-in The Secretary-General of the United Gacuiga Muthoga (Kenya), Ms. Flavia The President of the Tribunal, Judge Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan has Lattanzi (Italy) and Ms. Florence Rita Erik Møse, expressed the ICTR’s appointed four ad litem Judges to the Arrey (Cameroon). The ad litem appreciation for the Security Council’s International Criminal Tribunal for Judges were appointed at the request prompt consideration and adoption of Rwanda (ICTR), namely Ms. Salomy of the President of the ICTR, Judge the amendments, which are essential Balungi Bossa (Uganda), Mr. Lee Erik Møse. to ensure the timely completion of the mandate of the Tribunal. On 29 October 2003, three of the four In this issue ad litem judges: Judge Flavia Lattanzi, In the meantime, the new Judges Judge Florence Rita Arrey and Judge have already been assigned to President Møse Presents ICTR Annual Report..................................2 Lee Gacuiga Muthoga were sworn in. various cases: Judge Bossa to the Status of Trials in November 2003 ...2 The swearing-in ceremony was Butare case which started on 12 June Trials of Senior Officials of the former administered by the President of the 2001, Judge Muthoga to Government Interim Government to Commence ..2 Tribunal and witnessed by the II, Judges Lattanzi and Arrey will sit in Visit of President of UN Human Rights Registrar, Mr Adama Dieng, on behalf the trial of Government I. The two Commission .....................................3 of the Secretary-General of the United cases involving Government I and Visit by European Commission Nations. The ceremony took place in Government II are scheduled to start Official..............................................4 the presence of Trial Chamber on 3 November 2003. The Butare ICTR and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation.......................................5 Judges, the Prosecutor, and case and the Government cases are Visit of Tanzanian Members of representatives of Defence Counsel. expected to last two years. Parliament........................................5 The fourth ad litem judge at the Visit of Deputy Registrar to Tribunal, Judge Solomy Balungi Three of the four ad litem judges are The Hague .......................................5 Bossa (Uganda), was sworn in on 1 women. This brings the total number ICTR Supports Faculty of Law of the September 2003. of female judges at the Tribunal to National University of Rwanda .........6 eight. The others are the Vice- XXXVIIth International Conference of the Round Table on Archives...........6 In another development, on 27 President, Judge Andrésia Vaz Internship & Legal Researchers October 2003, the United Nations (Senegal), Judge Arlette Ramaroson Programme ......................................7 Security Council adopted Resolution (Madagascar), Judge Ines Monica New Appointments/Promotions........8 1512 and increased the number of ad Weinberg de Roca (Argentina), Judge Editor in chief: Roland Amoussouga litem judges who may serve on the Khalida Rachid Khan (Pakistan), and Editor: Danford Mpumilwa Tribunal at any one time, from four to the former President, Judge Layout/Design: Rani Dogra Contributions Audrey Abela, Roland nine. It also authorized ad litem judges Navanethem Pillay who will be leaving Amoussouga, Adama Dieng, Rani Dogra, to adjudicate in pre-trial proceedings. the Tribunal at the end of the year to Judge Eric Møse, Danford Mpumilwa, These statutory amendments were take up her functions as a Judge at Straton Musonera, Lovemore Munlo, requested by the President of the the permanent International Criminal Iyane Sow E-Mail: [email protected] Tribunal in September this year. Court. ICTR NEWSLETTER Vol. 1, No. 6, November 2003 President Møse Presents ICTR The Karemera et al trial will commence in Courtroom III, before Trial Chamber III composed of Judges Andrésia Annual Report to the General Vaz (Senegal), presiding, Florence Rita Arrey (Cameroon) and Flavia Lattanzi (Italy). Assembly and the Security Council The accused are Edouard Karemera, former Minister of Interior and Vice President of Mouvement The General Assembly Révolutionnaire National pour le Développment (MRND) and the Security Council of party, André Rwamakuba, former Minister of Education the United Nations and a member of the Mouvement Démocratique considered the Annual Républicain (MDR) party, Mathieu Ngirumpatse, former Report of the ICTR on President of the MRND and Director General of the Thursday 9 October 2003. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Joseph Nzirorera former Secretary General of the MRND and Minister of Works From Monday 6 to Friday who later became Speaker of the Interim National 10 October 2003, Assembly. President Møse had bilateral meetings with the On-Going Trials Secretary-General, the five The Bagasora et al trial (formerly referred to as the permanent members of the “Military Case”) will resume on Monday 3 November Security Council, Germany, Mexico, Rwanda, the 2003 before Trial Chamber I, composed of Judges Erik Norwegian delegation, the Chairman of the ACABQ, Møse, presiding, Jai Ram Reddy and Sergei members of the UN Secretariat, Human Rights Watch, Aleckseievich Egorov. The trial was adjourned on 3 and International Transitional Justice. The purpose of October after 72 days of hearing. The session is these meetings was to explain the Completion Strategy expected to continue until 17 December 2003. The of the ICTR (submitted to the Security Council on 29 Bagasora et al trial will be heard alternately with the September 2003) and to stress the need to increase the Ndindabahizi case (Bagasora et al case in the morning number of ad litem judges who can serve at any one shift and Ndindabahizi case in the afternoon session). time, from four to nine. The Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor and President Møse also met with the The Ndindabahizi case will continue before Trial Coalition on Women’s Human Rights in Conflict Chamber I composed of Judge Erik Møse (Presiding), Situations. Judge Khalida Rachid Khan and Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa, in the afternoon from Monday 3 November 2003. On Monday 13 October 2003, he met with the Director- General of Legal Affairs at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. Two Trials of Senior Officials of the Former Interim Government Status of Trials to Commence in November 2003 Two trials against eight former Rwandan cabinet Two trials against eight former Rwandan cabinet ministers and senior government officials will commence ministers and senior government officials will in November 2003. The first to start will be the commence in November 2003 before Trial Chambers II ‘Bizimungu et al’ trial before Trial Chamber II on and III of the United Nations International Criminal Thursday 6 November 2003. The second one will be the Tribunal for Rwanda. ‘Karemera et al’ before Trial Chambers III which will start on Wednesday 26 November 2003. Two other trials, the The Karemera et al case is composed of Edouard ‘Bagosora et al’ (Military) and the ‘Ndindabahizi’ trial will Karemera, André Rwamakuba, Mathieu Ngirumpatse both resume on Monday 3 November 2003 before Trial and Joseph Nzirorera. Chamber I. During their initial appearance they pleaded not guilty to New Trials 11 counts jointly charging them with Conspiracy to The Bizimungu et al trial will commence in Courtroom II, Commit Genocide, Genocide, Complicity in Genocide, before Judges Asoka de Zoysa Gunawardana (Sri Direct and Public Incitement to Commit Genocide, Lanka) presiding, Khalida Rachid Khan (Pakistan) and Crimes Against Humanity and Violations of Article 3 Lee Gacuiga Muthoga (Kenya). Common to the Geneva Conventions and Additional The accused are Casimir Bizimungu, former Minister of Protocol II. The counts were later reduced to seven. Health, Jérôme Bicamumpaka, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justin Mugenzi, former Minister of Commerce The four accused are alleged to have conspired among and Prosper Mugiraneza, former Minister of Public themselves and with others, to work out a plan with the Service. intent to exterminate the Tutsi population and eliminate 2 ICTR NEWSLETTER Vol. 1, No. 6, November 2003 members of the opposition, so that they could remain in power. Bizimungu was arrested in Kenya on 11 February 1999 and transferred to Arusha on 23 February 1999. He It is alleged that the components of this plan consisted made his initial appearance before the Tribunal on 3 of, inter alia, recourse to hatred and ethnic violence, the September 1999. Bicamumpaka, Mugenzi and training of and distribution of weapons to militiamen, as Mugiraneza were arrested in Cameroon on 6 April 1999 well as the preparation of lists of people to be and transferred to Arusha on 31 July 1999. They made eliminated. their initial appearance on 17 August 1999. Their joint indictment further alleges that the accused persons organised, ordered and participated in the President of UN Human Rights massacres perpetrated against the Tutsi population and moderate Hutus in Kigali, Butare, Gisenyi, Gitarama, Commission Makes Landmark and Cyangugu prefectures, and in Kibuye region. Visit to the Tribunal Karemera was arrested on 5 June 1998 in Togo and transferred