ICTR divided over Genocide case transfer rulings

KIGALI - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) prosecutor’s office has petitioned against the two rulings by the ICTR chambers blocking the transfer of two Genocide cases to Rwanda, Sunday Times can reveal. Hassan Bubacar Jallow, ICTR chief prosecutor, has appealed the tribunal’s decision. On May 28, the ICTR trial chamber rejected the application for referral of businessman Yussuf Munyakazi’s case to Rwanda. A few days later on June 8, the trial chamber also rejected the prosecutions request to transfer the case of Gaspard Kanyarukiga to Rwanda. Kanyarukiga, who was arrested in South Africa in 2004, is accused of committing genocide in the former Kivumu Commune in Kibuye.