{A representative of Rwanda has told the UN General Assembly that Rwanda is concerned about the delay of the two cases entrusted to the French court in late 2007 by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).}
Rwandan diplomat Jeanne D’arc Byaje said the delay is ‘unacceptable’
Byaje was speaking on Monday at a debate in the General Assembly about the reports that had been submitted by the presidents of the ICTR and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT).
Commenting on the records of Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka and Laurent Bucyibaruta, the representative of Rwanda said that Rwanda is ‘extremely concerned “about the ‘unacceptable’ delay’ of the French courts in handling those cases.
‘Delayed justice is justice denied, “Said Byaje
Presenting his annual report, Theodor Meron, President of MTPI had announced, citing the prosecutor (the MICT) that ‘tangible progress has been made in the investigation of the cases of Munyeshyaka, which should be completed in late 2014 and could be followed by a trial which would be completed by the end of 2015. ”
Meron added that according to reports sent by the French authorities to the prosecutor, investigating the case of Bucyibaruta should be completed in late 2015, and the eventual trial ends by 2016
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