By Editor | Published: November 9, 2011
2011-10-27, Strasbourg, France. The European Court of Human Rights held that an extradition of Sylvere Ahorugeze, a Rwandan national of Hutu ethnicity, to Rwanda to face genocide charges will neither violate the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, nor his right to a fair trial. The Chamber found that: there was no evidence [...]
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ECHR: Ahorugeze: Court Gives Green Light to an Extradition to Rwanda