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ICTR: Rwanda was justified to shun Resolution 955, after all...

Rwanda may have, in 1994, requested for the setting up of an international court to prosecute key masterminds of the Genocide against the Tutsi, but what is probably unknown to many is that government never consented to the resolution that would establish the court. On November 8, 1994 as the UN Security Council sat to adopt Resolution 955, which set up the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Rwanda did not vote, citing a number of reasons. The most outstanding reason advanced by the government, and for which it has since been vindicated, is the period of time within which the crimes committed would be prosecuted by the tribunal.
Rwandans demonstrate against acquittals of Genocidaires by the ICTR. (John Mbanda)
Rwandans demonstrate against acquittals of Genocidaires by the ICTR. (John Mbanda)
Felly Kimenyi