UNSC disappointed with ICTR’s failure to transfer Genocide cases

Rwanda to launch appeal at UN tribunal URUGWIRO VILLAGE - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed its disappointment in the failure by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to transfer some of the Genocide cases to Rwanda as requested by government. This was revealed by Ambassador John Sawers, the head of delegation of the visiting UN Security Council, currently in the country who was addressing the press shortly after meeting President Paul Kagame, at Urugwiro Village. “We do think that there is chance for more cases being transferred to Rwanda to be tried locally because this makes the whole process faster and less expensive. We are disappointed that this has not taken place so far, and it is having an impact on other cases,” Sawers said.