UN court rules Rwandan genocide suspect mentally unfit to stand trial
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By Zahid Mahmood, CNN London (CNN) — A UN war crimes court has ruled that 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga is no longer capable of “meaningful participation” in his trial. The court said their conclusion was based on information obtained from medical records and staff who care fo…
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A UN court has ruled that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial, calling instead for an 'alternative' legal procedure that would not end in a conviction.
By Zahid Mahmood, CNN London (CNN) — A UN war crimes court has ruled that 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga is no longer capable of “meaningful participation” in his trial. The court said their conclusion was based on information obtained from medical records and staff who care fo…
Judges at a special U.N. tribunal said they would create a procedure to allow them to hear evidence in the case against Félicien Kabuga, who has dementia, without the possibility of a conviction.
United Nations judges announced that an 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect, Félicien Kabuga, has been declared unfit to stand trial due to his advanced dementia.
United Nations judges have declared that an 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue to stand trial because he has dementia. They say they will establish a procedure to continue
UN war crimes judges ruled Wednesday that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial but should still go through a stripped-down legal process.
Félicien Kabuga, 90, is suffering from severe dementia. Judges want to move ahead with alternative proceedings that would not involve sentencing, but his defense team argues the tribunal is not a truth commission.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — United Nations judges have declared an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue to stand trial because he has dementia and say they will establish a procedur…
United Nations judges have declared an 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue standing trial because he has dementia and said they would establish a procedure to go on hearing evidence without the possibility of convicting him.
A UN court based in the Hague said Felicien Kabuga was unfit for trial, and called for an alternative legal procedure that does not involve conviction. He was arrested in Paris in 2020.
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