>From: Emmanuel NDow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: FWD:New Rwanda prosecutor named >Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:36:22 -0400 > >This is indeed good news, Congrats "Sass" I am particularly gratified not only is Hassan a gambian, he was my classmate @ Saints.Habib this should be celebrated give me a buzz. >God Bless >-------Original Message------- >From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: 08/29/03 09:43 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: FWD:New Rwanda prosecutor named > > > > > New Rwanda prosecutor named > >A Gambian judge is to be nominated by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as >the new chief prosecutor for the Rwanda genocide court. >UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Hassan Jallow, 52, a former >Gambian Supreme Court judge and solicitor general, as his choice, just >hours after the Security Council voted to remove Carla Del Ponte from the >role. > >She had been chief prosecutor for both the Balkans war crimes tribunal and >the Rwanda court for four years, but the council decided to split the two >posts, which they considered too much work for one person. > > >The tribunal, based in Arusha in northern Tanzania, was set up in 1995 to >investigate the massacre of some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus >by Hutu extremists in 1994. >Despite a large budget, 16 judges and 800 members of staff, only eight >people have been convicted so far of genocide-related crimes, with one >person acquitted. > >Ms Del Ponte will retain her Balkans position when her initial term of >office expires on 14 September. > >The new prosecutor, who will take charge of cases stemming from the 1994 >Rwanda genocide, is currently an appeals judge for the UN-backed court >trying war crimes in Sierra Leone. > >He has also served as a judge on the Balkans tribunal. > > >Mismanagement claims > >Ms Del Ponte, the former Swiss attorney general, had argued against the >split, complaining to the Security Council that she was a victim of undue >political pressure from Rwanda, and saying that international justice >could >be damaged if her duties were shifted. > >Ms Del Ponte accused the current government of seeking her removal after >she tried also to investigate claims that members of the Tutsi-dominated >army killed up to 30,000 Hutus, as it took control of Rwanda in the wake >of >the genocide. > > >GENOCIDE IN RWANDA > > >The Rwandan Government has lobbied hard to have its own prosecutor, but >insists it is not responsible for Ms Del Ponte's removal. > >Rwandans have long argued the International Criminal Tribunal in Arusha >has >been plagued by mismanagement and a lack of attention from successive >prosecutors. > >Gerald Gahima, Rwanda's Prosecutor General, said people took "strong >exception" to the fact that the investigation of almost one million deaths >has been made a "part-time job of a prosecutor based on another >continent". > >Mr Annan himself recommended that the jobs be separated. > >The UN resolution, sponsored by the United States, which the council voted >unanimously to support, said the council was convinced that the >tribunals "can most efficiently and expeditiously meet their respective >responsibilities if each has its own prosecutor". > >The new resolution also sets out the timetable for completing the work of >both the Rwandan and Balkans tribunals by 2010. > >It urges both tribunals to focus on rounding up and prosecuting leaders >and >allowing cases involving lower ranking suspects to be transferred to >national courts instead. > > >Story from BBC NEWS: >http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/3190833.stm > >Published: 2003/08/29 09:14:45 GMT > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~