The International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested ICTR to try cases of two Kenyans; Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto MP for crimes against humanity.
Although ICTR said it has not received any request from the ICC the spokesperson of the ICTR, Mpumilwa Danford said that the ICTR cannot prosecute the two men without the approval of the Security Council of the UN and the Tanzanian government adding that the mandate of the tribunal is to prosecute cases from Rwanda.
“The ICTR was established by the Security Council to try those responsible for the genocide in Rwanda” Xinhua quoted the spokesman of the ICTR.
Both men were among suspects indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC.
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