The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda handed down its third (3rd) conviction in seventeen years (yes 17 years). The former mayor of the Kivumu district was given a fifteen (15) year sentence for insighting genocide by being present at the Nyange massacre of 2000 people who had taken refuge inside a Catholic church sanctuary. While finding Gregory Ndahimana guilty is good, I cannot help but wandering what the ICTR is doing with all the funds that have been allocated to it for the prosecution of crimes against humanity in connection with the Rwandan genocide.
$227,246,500 (U.S.) has been allocated to the ICTR. Currently that equals 75748833.33 per conviction. Now, I know we should not just measure the meting out of justice by the dollar, but how else should we take these numbers: 17 years, over $225 million dollars, 3 convictions. Does it really take more than 15 years to gather witness testimonies, hold a trial, and sentence 3 people? Should it take this long to bring justice and closure for the people of Rwanda?
$227,246,500 (U.S.) has been allocated to the ICTR. Currently that equals 75748833.33 per conviction. Now, I know we should not just measure the meting out of justice by the dollar, but how else should we take these numbers: 17 years, over $225 million dollars, 3 convictions. Does it really take more than 15 years to gather witness testimonies, hold a trial, and sentence 3 people? Should it take this long to bring justice and closure for the people of Rwanda?
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