The ICTR officially closed
Time: Thursday Dec 31, 2015
Place: Rwanda
Details: The ICTR (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) officially closed on 31 December 2015, and its remaining functions were handed over to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals.
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Tuesday May 17, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Genocide Fax
Tuesday Jan 11, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Several extremist Hutu groups formed
1993 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Hutu Power began compiling lists of "traitors" whom they planned to kill
Mar, 1993 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Rwigyema led a force of over 4,000 rebels from Uganda, advancing 60 km into Rwanda
Oct, 1990 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Paul Kagame warned the crisis committee and UNAMIR that he would resume the civil war if the killing did not stop
Thursday Apr 7, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Large numbers of grenades and munitions
1990 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-A Hutu sub-chief, was attacked close to his home
Sunday Nov 1, 1959 - Byimana, Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-A Crisis Committee
Wednesday Apr 6, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Kagame restarted the war
Jan, 1991 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The Official Technical School
Monday Apr 11, 1994 - Kigali, Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The massacre of children
Saturday Apr 9, 1994 - Gikondo, Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-RPF had cut the road between Kigali and Gitarama
Monday May 16, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The Belgian government announced that it was withdrawing
Tuesday Apr 12, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana
Wednesday Apr 6, 1994 - Kigali, Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Bahutu Manifesto
Sunday Mar 24, 1957 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The Liberation Day for Rwanda
Monday Jul 4, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The Rwandan Revolution
Nov, 1959 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Opération Turquoise
Thursday Jun 23, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The ICTR prosecution was unable to prove that a conspiracy to commit genocide
Thursday Apr 7, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-RPF had taken Gitarama itself
Monday Jun 13, 1994 - Gitarama, Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Kagame's forces held the whole of Rwanda except for the zone in the south-west
Jul, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Resolution 918
Tuesday May 17, 1994 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The Coalition for the Defence of the Republic (CDR)
1992 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-Civil Defense
1990 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The RPF invaded
1990 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The Presidential Guard, gendarmerie and the youth militia, aided by local populations, continued killing at a very high rate
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Rwandan genocide-Nyarubuye massacre
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