Rwandan Ex-Prime Minister Kambanda: Inside Story of His Court Case.
“Jean Kambanda, Convicted Without Trial” is the title of Chapter 16 of the book A History of Political Trials by Dr. John Laughland.
Jean Kambanda’s confession is widely considered to be the sole
uncontested evidence that the former Rwandan government conspired and
planned to commit a genocide against the Tutsis in 1994.
According to many ICTR defence counsel, the essential facts are that
his confession is nothing but a miscarriage of justice, a world scandal
and a shame for international justice.
Upon his arrest on the 18th of July 1997, the Prime Minister of
Rwanda was never assigned a lawyer and, unlike other accused brought
before the ICTR, he was not taken to appear before a judge on his arrest
as required by the Tribunal’s own Statute.
