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Power and Law
Can the Label ‘Law’ Apply to Statutes as Amoral as those Imposed by Dictators? Obote Odora* Abstract: Should the judicial system use the label “law” to apply to rules as…
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Lessons Learned by the OTP in the Conduct of Appeals
By Dr. Obote Odora Chief of Appeals and Legal Advisory Division Office of the Prosecutor - ICTR Introduction Within the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR (OTP), the Appeals…
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Genocide on Trial: Normative Effects of the Rwanda Tribunal’s Jurisprudence
INTRODUCTION The last fifteen years witnessed significant development in international criminal law. This progress was possible because of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Criminal…
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Criminal Responsibility of Journalists under International Criminal Law: The ICTR Experience
1. Introduction Within a few months after the invasion of Rwanda by the Rwanda Patriotic Front (“RPF”) in October of 1990, President Habyarimana and his senior advisors knew that the…
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Amsterdam Centre for International Law
Research Project ‘International Criminal Procedure: In Search of General Rules and Principles’ Funded by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Supervised by Professor Dr. G.K. Sluiter Field Research, ICTR,…
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Publications by Alex Obote Odora
PUBLICATIONS Books by Dr. Obote Odora Hybrid Courts: Lesson from Rwanda and Sierra Leone (Freedom World Publishers, Stocholm 2021)How Gangster Regimes Undermined Justice in Uganda (Freedom World Publishers, Stockholm, 2018)Uganda:…
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Drafting of Indictments for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International criminal law is a product of the convergence of two different legal disciplines: the criminal aspects of international law and the international aspects of national criminal law. The two…
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Words matter: Incitement to Commit Serious Crimes
President Yoweri Museveni’s New Year address was a study in presidential hubris. Arrogant, insulting and condescending, and consistent with his past behaviour, President Museveni blamed ‘internal enemies of Uganda’ for…
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Understanding and Fighting Genocide Ideology
The 13th Commemoration of Rwanda Genocide at African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa-Ethiopia 7th April 2007 The Rwanda genocide ended the twentieth century on a note of unimaginable evil. It is…
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Investigation and Case Selection
Introduction The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), a post-genocide court, was established on 8 November 1994 after the genocide was over.[1] The chief prosecutor of the ICTY, based at…