Rwanda to host international Prosecutors

Rwanda will next month host the sixth Colloquium of Prosecutors from international criminal tribunals. The Spokesperson of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR), Roland Amoussouga, confirmed the meeting in an interview yesterday. It will take place from November 11-13 at the Kigali Serena Hotel.

Thursday, October 29, 2009
ICTR spokesman, Roland Amoussouga

Rwanda will next month host the sixth Colloquium of Prosecutors from international criminal tribunals.

The Spokesperson of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR), Roland Amoussouga, confirmed the meeting in an interview yesterday. It will take place from November 11-13 at the Kigali Serena Hotel.

To be held under the theme: "International Criminal Justice: Lessons from the Past, Reflections on the Future,” the meeting seeks to review new developments in international criminal law and share experiences. 

It will bring together current Prosecutors and Deputy Prosecutors, Chiefs of Prosecutions, Chiefs of Investigations, Chiefs of Appeal, all former Prosecutors and former Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

Other high profile jurists will come from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the International Criminal Tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC).

Sixty Prosecutors are expected in Kigali at the event that is usually held on a rotational basis.

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