Felicien Kabuga, one of the leading suspected architects of the Genocide against the Tutsi was arrested Saturday in a Paris suburb after nearly 26 years on the run, the International Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) confirmed.
This enabled the former notorious businessman, who's charged by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) with seven counts of genocide and related crimes, to run away from justice.
Dr. Alphonse Muleefu, an international criminal law expert, says there are possibilities of Kabuga being transferred to Hague in the Netherlands or Arusha in Tanzania after French courts complete relevant legal processes.
Phil Clark, a professor of International Politics at SOAS, said he was surprised by "broad acceptance of Kabuga going to the UN residual mechanism rather than Rwanda."
Dr. Muleefu rather suggests that Rwandan Prosecution could rather apply expressing request for Kabuga to be tried in Rwanda, even though the decision lies with IRMCT which has primacy over national courts.
