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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: bringing the killers to book

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Chris Maina Peter
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In the spring of 1994 more than 500,000 people were killed in Rwanda in one of the worst cases of genocide in history. The slaughter began on 6 April 1994, only a few hours after the plane bringing the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi back from peace negotiations in Tanzania was shot down as it approached Kigali Airport.

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The Rwanda Tribunal: its role in the African context
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 37 , Special Issue 321: International criminal jurisdiction and international humanitarian law: the Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda , December 1997 , pp. 695 - 704
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1997

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Chris Maina Peter is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Dales Salaam. Tanzania. He is also Defence Counsel for indigent suspects and accused persons at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

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