The Latest Breaking News from Serge Brammertz

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

Exclusive: Last two fugitives are deemed to be dead, ending a remarkable exercise in international justice

The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2024

Rwanda genocide survivors criticise UN court’s call to halt suspect’s trial

Felicien Kabuga, who is nearly 90 and has dementia, is accused of encouraging and bankrolling the Rwanda genocide.

Al Jazeera · Aug 8, 2023

Rwanda genocide survivors criticize UN court's call to permanently halt elderly suspect's trial

Survivors of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide have criticized a call by appeals judges at a United Nations court to indefinitely halt the trial of an alleged financer and supporter of the massacre due to the suspect’s ill health

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in S.Africa, to face extradition hearing

A Rwandan man accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in South Africa, a U.N. war crimes tribunal and South African police said on Thursday.

Reuters · May 25, 2023

Rwandan genocide fugitive Fulgence Kayishema arrested in S Africa

Kayishema, indicted by a UN tribunal on Rwanda in 2001, is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of some 2,000 Tutsi.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2023

Rwandan ex-police chief arrested in South Africa over 1994 genocide

Fulgence Kayishema, 62, charged with playing leading role in church killing of more than 2,000 people

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

Second Rwandan genocide fugitive confirmed dead

One of the last remaining fugitives sought by a U.N. tribunal over his alleged key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was confirmed dead and the case against him closed, U.N. war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters · May 18, 2022

The Hunters: the small UN unit that tracked down Rwanda’s worst killers

The work of highly effective tracking teams offer model to follow in future efforts to prosecute war criminals

The Guardian - US · May 12, 2022

Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave

Inside the manhunt for Protais Mpiranya, accused of Rwandan mass killings and the world’s most wanted war crimes fugitive

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022