France setting up “genocide court”
An ad hoc bureau will be established in France to deal with
genocide and other crimes against humanity, Foreign Minister
Bernard Kouchner and Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told Le
Monde, a local daily newspaper.
The bureau, to be set up under the French Criminal Court, will review cases of such grave crimes committed outside the country. A relevant bill is to be submitted to parliament for consideration in the first quarter of 2010, officials said.
French courts are presently considering 12 cases brought against persons suspected of complicity in genocide perpetrated against ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda.*
The bureau, to be set up under the French Criminal Court, will review cases of such grave crimes committed outside the country. A relevant bill is to be submitted to parliament for consideration in the first quarter of 2010, officials said.
French courts are presently considering 12 cases brought against persons suspected of complicity in genocide perpetrated against ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda.*
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