International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

This is the official web site of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The tribunal was established in 1994 by UN Security Council Resolution to prosecute those responsible for the genocide in Rwanda. It contains the basic documents of the Tribunal (i.e. Statute and Rules of Procedure and Evidence), some case summaries, and full-text decisions of the Tribunal. Of particular interest to WHRR users will be the case of Prosecutor v. Jean-Paul Akayesu. Akayesu was sentenced to 80 years for violations including rape and encouraging widespread sexual violence. The site is available in both English and French.