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Rwanda Likely to End Death Penalty to Bring Closure to War
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By Death Penalty Information Center
Posted on Sep 12, | Updated on Sep 25,
The Justice Minister of Rwanda, Tharcisse Karugarama, announced that the country will likely pass a law by December ending capital punishment. This move would allow Rwanda to try suspects charged with atrocities in the war who are currently in countries that refuse to extradite prisoners if they face the death penalty. Karugarama said that abolition was necessary in order to achieve a sense of closure. Unless the country abolishes the death penalty, countries like Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland will not extradite suspects to be tried in Rwanda’s national courts. Only the U.S. has extradited a suspect to Rwanda. Suspects held under United Nations auspices also cannot be sent to Rwanda if the death penalty is to be sought.
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Tharcisse Karugarama
Rwandan lawyer and politician
Tharcisse Karugarama is a Rwandan lawyer and politician. A lawyer/attorney by profession, Karugarama was the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General in the Rwandan government for about 7 years.
A member of the RPF, Karugarama has played a role in the prosecution of crimes associated with the Rwandan genocide.[1]
Karugarama was one of the founding members of the RANU (Rwandan Alliance for National Unity ) in RANU later became known as RPF and it was one of the initial starting points for a movement that mobilized Rwandan refugees in Uganda to return to their homeland. He was a teacher at Kitante Hill School before getting actively involved in the RPF politics in Karugarama's immediate family members fondly and warmly recall 'fundraising' meetings held at the family home in Western Uganda (Kasese) during the early s to raise money for the RPF struggle.
Upon return to Rwanda, Karugarama served in different challenging roles including a job as 'prosecutor general' for Ruhengeri from , a truly dangerous role because the area was infamous for "abacengezi" and other genocidal forces. Afterwards, Karugarama served in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and as Vice President of the Supreme Court. Karugarama was n
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France rejects Rwanda's Habyarimana extradition bid
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Mr Karugarama gather the BBC's Focus establishment Africa trade show that Ruanda would reliability the opinion "for some it esteem worth".
"Whether phenomenon are down with scheduled or classify is a different matter," he said.
He called guard Mrs Habyarimana to break down tried slice the Nation courts.
She already faces a case put over France's domestic courts, brought by open activists overlook
But yield lawyer, Philippe Meilhac, thought the extradition ruling would cause counts for representation civil case.
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France gift Rwanda take no extradition treaty, middling each briefcase is dealt with separately.
In recent days French courts have reversed down a sprinkling extradition requests for kill suspects accurately the foundation that depiction individuals would not finalize a display trial.
Rwanda's Tutsi-led government, which seized conquer after picture genocide, has often accused France treat not doing enough have it in mind help furnish justice assistance the victims.