Abstract
In 1994, Rwanda erupted into one of the most appalling cases of genocide that the world has witnessed since World War II. The United Nations (UN) Security Council, having recently created an international criminal tribunal for humanitarian law violators in the European States of the former Yugoslavia, decided it could do no less for African Rwanda. Since the Rwandan conflict was internal rather than international, the statute for its tribunal complements rather than replicates that of its Yugoslavian counterpart. Because the statute for the International Criminal Rwandan Tribunal (ICTR) contains a number of legal innovations, it will contribute significantly to the development of the humanitarian law of internal armed conflict. This article analyzes these innovations. It also discusses the background of the genocide, the creation of the tribunal, and its substantive and procedural law, as well as its initial activity.
Recommended Citation
Magnarella, Paul J.
(1994)
"Expanding the Frontiers of Humnitarian Law: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,"
Florida Journal of International Law: Vol. 9:
Iss.
3, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/fjil/vol9/iss3/5