Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09USUNNEWYORK442
2009-04-30 13:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
USUN New York
Cable title:
RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR MEETS WITH USUN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 000442
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2016
TAGS: KAWC PARM PREF PREL RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR MEETS WITH USUN
Classified By: Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 000442
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2016
TAGS: KAWC PARM PREF PREL RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR MEETS WITH USUN
Classified By: Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Adama Dieng, registrar of the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and his special assistant Mandiaye
Niang met with Ambassador DiCarlo on April 27 to provide
their views on the status of the ICTR's completion strategy.
After referring to Security Council 1503 (2003) that called
upon the ICTR to complete its trial work by 2008 and its
appeals work by 2010, Diang said that the timelines have now
slipped to the point that the ICTR's trial work won't be
completed until the middle of 2011. Diang said that the
ICTR's decision not to transfer four cases to Rwanda has
added to the delay and also stressed that the ICTR's judges
need to work more efficiently and quickly. He also added
that some judges (including ad-litem judges) are refusing to
take new cases as they know the work is winding down and are
starting to look for work elsewhere.
2. (C) Dieng shared that the ICTR's chief prosecutor
recently announced that the court will begin to conduct
trials "in absentia". Dieng questioned whether this decision
is a viable route for the court to take. He also mentioned
that the ICTR's prosecutors have several investigators to
assist in obtaining evidence. At this point, Dieng said,
quite a few of these investigators have nothing to do, but
have been retained by the prosecutor. As the registrar,
Dieng said that he is in a difficult position as he cannot
direct the judges, yet he sees where they can save time and
money. He asked that the United States, during the ICTR's
biannual briefing to the Security Council in June, ask
pressing questions of the court's president on some of these
issues.
3. (U) Turning to the residual mechanism (RM) of the ICTR,
Dieng said that for symbolic and international justice
reasons, it is extremely important for an indictee such as
Felicien Kabuga, if he were apprehended, to be tried on
African soil. Dieng mentioned that he supports the location
of the RM in Nairobi over Arusha since Nairobi is a UN hub
and would be better able to support a future trial.
Rice
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2016
TAGS: KAWC PARM PREF PREL RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR MEETS WITH USUN
Classified By: Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Adama Dieng, registrar of the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and his special assistant Mandiaye
Niang met with Ambassador DiCarlo on April 27 to provide
their views on the status of the ICTR's completion strategy.
After referring to Security Council 1503 (2003) that called
upon the ICTR to complete its trial work by 2008 and its
appeals work by 2010, Diang said that the timelines have now
slipped to the point that the ICTR's trial work won't be
completed until the middle of 2011. Diang said that the
ICTR's decision not to transfer four cases to Rwanda has
added to the delay and also stressed that the ICTR's judges
need to work more efficiently and quickly. He also added
that some judges (including ad-litem judges) are refusing to
take new cases as they know the work is winding down and are
starting to look for work elsewhere.
2. (C) Dieng shared that the ICTR's chief prosecutor
recently announced that the court will begin to conduct
trials "in absentia". Dieng questioned whether this decision
is a viable route for the court to take. He also mentioned
that the ICTR's prosecutors have several investigators to
assist in obtaining evidence. At this point, Dieng said,
quite a few of these investigators have nothing to do, but
have been retained by the prosecutor. As the registrar,
Dieng said that he is in a difficult position as he cannot
direct the judges, yet he sees where they can save time and
money. He asked that the United States, during the ICTR's
biannual briefing to the Security Council in June, ask
pressing questions of the court's president on some of these
issues.
3. (U) Turning to the residual mechanism (RM) of the ICTR,
Dieng said that for symbolic and international justice
reasons, it is extremely important for an indictee such as
Felicien Kabuga, if he were apprehended, to be tried on
African soil. Dieng mentioned that he supports the location
of the RM in Nairobi over Arusha since Nairobi is a UN hub
and would be better able to support a future trial.
Rice