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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Julian Borger in Washington

Revealed: Rwanda genocide war crimes tribunal wraps up mission after 29 years

Skulls belonging to victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide are placed together in Mubirizi, Rusizi district, in 2023 after more than 1,100 bodies were found in one of the largest mass graves from the atrocities of 1994.
Skulls belonging to victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide are placed together in Mubirizi, Rusizi district, in 2023 after more than 1,100 bodies were found in one of the largest mass graves from the atrocities of 1994. Photograph: Clement Di Roma/AFP/Getty Images

The war crimes tribunal for Rwanda has accounted for the last remaining fugitives indicted for genocide, bringing to an end the court’s 29-year mission to deliver justice for the 1994 slaughter that killed more than 800,000 Rwandans.

The historic moment passed without drama, not with an arrest or the exhumation of a body, but in a video conference on 30 April between the tribunal’s prosecutor, Serge Brammertz, and the two leaders of its fugitive tracking team, dedicated to resolving the cold cases left in the wake of the genocide.

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