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Final case at UN tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda atrocities comes to an end
The hearing ended a 30-year accountability process after 155 convictions and left no remaining cases for the tribunal system.
- On Wednesday, the United Nations held a 12-minute sitting for the final session of its criminal tribunals, formally concluding the decades-long process for international justice with the closure of proceedings against alleged genocide financier Kabuga.
- Established by the United Nations Security Council in the early 1990s, the tribunals convicted 155 people for atrocities committed during the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia and the 1994 Rwanda Genocide.
- Presiding Judge Iain Bonomy called the conclusion a "truly historic milestone," noting Kabuga died on Saturday after evading capture for nearly two decades while facing genocide charges.
- The International Residual Mechanism faces an uncertain future as its mandate expires in June, with no transition plan for the 41 people still serving sentences or vast archives containing the inflammatory newspaper Kangura.
- University of Amsterdam historian Lucy Gaynor said the case is "symbolic of the state of international justice," which faces a time of crisis as countries limit cooperation with the International Criminal Court.
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Final case at UN tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda atrocities comes to an end
The U.N. courts set up to prosecute the atrocities committed during the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and the 1994 Rwandan genocide have held their final session.
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The UN courts set up to prosecute the atrocities committed during the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda held their final session on Wednesday, ending a decades-long process of international justice.
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