Mr Kabuga, 84, was initially indicted by the Arusha-based United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 1997.
The IRMCT indicted Kabuga on charges of genocide, complicity in genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, attempt to commit genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, persecution and extermination.
Based on the IRMCT Statute and pragmatic considerations on its limited workload, the likelihood of an extradition of Kabuga to face trial before Rwandan courts remains rather thin.
If a full trial takes place, a major anticipation would be to see how the Mechanism adjudicates the financial aspects of Kabuga’s role in enabling the commission of the genocide.
Finally, Kabuga was reportedly the wealthiest man in Rwanda at the time of the genocide against the Tutsi.
