United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UN-ICTR)

The UN-ICTR is the third in a series of ad-hoc war crimes tribunals after the Tokyo and Nuremberg trials, established by the United Nations since the Second World War. The UN Security Council convened the ICTR in 1994 under Resolution 955 of 8 November 1994 to prosecute those most responsible for the genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Rwanda between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994. Since then, the ICTR has secured the arrest of over 70 individuals involved in the genocide cases. Landmark cases include the conviction of a former prime minister for genocide, media publishers for incitement and finding that rape constitutes the crime of genocide. Students will attend actual genocide trials and talk to human rights attorneys and prosecutors.

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