Justice should not be held hostage by politics

AS THE world joins Rwanda to honour victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, many have been clamouring for an end to impunity. No call could have sounded louder than the one from Arusha, seat of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) that has, for the last two decades, been trying to atone for the world’s failure to prevent genocide. ICTR Chief Prosecutor, Bubacar Jallow, sounded frustrated when he called on countries hosting Genocide suspects to either prosecute them or extradite them to Rwanda. But recent developments seem to indicate that he might wait a lifetime before his wishes materialise.