Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

Prosecuting Genocide in Rwanda: A Lawyers Committee report on the ICTR and National Trials

This paper describes and analyzes proceedings at the national and international level to prosecute those responsible for the genocide in Rwanda. It explores the relationship between international and national prosecutions and demonstrates that, without support from the international community, neither national nor international prosecutions will succeed. The paper shows how developments in the international tribunal's work can have a profound impact on prosecutions in Rwanda.