UN court releases 2 previously charged for Rwanda genocide

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2/4/13, "Rwanda genocide: ICTR overturns ex-ministers' convictions," BBC

"A UN-backed court has overturned the genocide convictions of two Rwandan former ministers and ordered their immediate release. 

Justin Mugenzi and Prosper Mugiraneza had been sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2011 for complicity, and incitement, to commit genocide.

Analysts say Rwanda's government is likely to be angry at their acquittal. About 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. 

Mr Mugenzi was the trade minister during the genocide and Mr Mugiraneza the minister in charge of civil servants."...

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An American judge made the decision:

2/4/13, "ICTR acquits two former Rwandan ministers," Kenyan Broadcasting

"The Appeals Chamber presided by American judge Theodor Meron overturned their conviction and ordered their immediate release."

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Judge was appointed by UN Sec. Gen.:

3/2/12, "Theodor Meron appointed president of U.N.-created judicial body," NYU Law

"Judge Theodor Meron, Charles L. Denison Professor of Law Emeritus and Judicial Fellow, has been appointed president of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, after consultation with the president of the U.N. Security Council and the judges of the mechanism."...

 

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