PROSECUTOR GENERAL URGES COOPERATION ON GENOCIDE SUSPECTS Prosecutor General Richard Muhumuza has appealed to his counterparts around Africa to respect the duty to extradite or prosecute all suspects of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in their countries. Muhumuza was Wednesday addressing the latest annual General Assembly of the Africa Prosecutors’ Association (APA) in DR Congo capital Kinshasa, that is discussing international cooperation on genocide suspects. “Our work as prosecutors is made more difficult by the fact that it is increasingly easier for suspected criminals to move from one country to another, with suspects often changing their identities and nationalities,” Muhumuza told the meeting. “Once a suspect goes to another country, the country on whose territory the crimes were committed cannot access him unless international cooperation and mutual legal assistance are engaged.” Twenty years after the Genocide, he said, there should be more cooperation from African countries so as to fight impunity for the most serious international crimes. Muhumuza’s presentation was titled: “Formal and Informal International Cooperation on Criminal Matters: The Duty to Extradite or Prosecute International Crimes, Rwanda’s Experience.” He urged the fraternity of African Prosecutors to cooperate with Rwanda’s authorities in arresting and extraditing, to Rwanda, all suspected perpetrators of the Genocide. The 10-year old APA, Africa’s most influential organisation of prosecuting attorneys, aims to bring closer public prosecution authorities in order to ensure that suspected criminals do not evade justice by crossing borders. newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2014-10-24/182295/
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:19:05 +0000
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