This is good news for Kotor Hassan and his well wishers. The only losers are the Gambian Judiciary, a year ago, this man was sacked from his job as Justice of the Supreme Court of The Gambia. Sanusi --- Emmanuel NDow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is indeed good news, Congrats "Sass" I am > particularly gratified not only is Hassan a gambian, > he was my classmate @ Saints.Habib this should be > celebrated give me a buzz. > God Bless > -------Original Message------- > From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: 08/29/03 09:43 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FWD:New Rwanda prosecutor named > > > > > New Rwanda prosecutor named > > A Gambian judge is to be nominated by UN Secretary > General Kofi Annan as > the new chief prosecutor for the Rwanda genocide > court. > UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Hassan > Jallow, 52, a former > Gambian Supreme Court judge and solicitor general, > as his choice, just > hours after the Security Council voted to remove > Carla Del Ponte from the > role. > > She had been chief prosecutor for both the Balkans > war crimes tribunal and > the Rwanda court for four years, but the council > decided to split the two > posts, which they considered too much work for one > person. > > > The tribunal, based in Arusha in northern Tanzania, > was set up in 1995 to > investigate the massacre of some 800,000 ethnic > Tutsis and moderate Hutus > by Hutu extremists in 1994. > Despite a large budget, 16 judges and 800 members of > staff, only eight > people have been convicted so far of > genocide-related crimes, with one > person acquitted. > > Ms Del Ponte will retain her Balkans position when > her initial term of > office expires on 14 September. > > The new prosecutor, who will take charge of cases > stemming from the 1994 > Rwanda genocide, is currently an appeals judge for > the UN-backed court > trying war crimes in Sierra Leone. > > He has also served as a judge on the Balkans > tribunal. > > > Mismanagement claims > > Ms Del Ponte, the former Swiss attorney general, had > argued against the > split, complaining to the Security Council that she > was a victim of undue > political pressure from Rwanda, and saying that > international justice > could > be damaged if her duties were shifted. > > Ms Del Ponte accused the current government of > seeking her removal after > she tried also to investigate claims that members of > the Tutsi-dominated > army killed up to 30,000 Hutus, as it took control > of Rwanda in the wake > of > the genocide. > > > GENOCIDE IN RWANDA > > > The Rwandan Government has lobbied hard to have its > own prosecutor, but > insists it is not responsible for Ms Del Ponte's > removal. > > Rwandans have long argued the International Criminal > Tribunal in Arusha > has > been plagued by mismanagement and a lack of > attention from successive > prosecutors. > > Gerald Gahima, Rwanda's Prosecutor General, said > people took "strong > exception" to the fact that the investigation of > almost one million deaths > has been made a "part-time job of a prosecutor based > on another > continent". > > Mr Annan himself recommended that the jobs be > separated. > > The UN resolution, sponsored by the United States, > which the council voted > unanimously to support, said the council was > convinced that the > tribunals "can most efficiently and expeditiously > meet their respective > responsibilities if each has its own prosecutor". > > The new resolution also sets out the timetable for > completing the work of > both the Rwandan and Balkans tribunals by 2010. > > It urges both tribunals to focus on rounding up and > prosecuting leaders > and > allowing cases involving lower ranking suspects to > be transferred to > national courts instead. > > > Story from BBC NEWS: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/3190833.stm > > Published: 2003/08/29 09:14:45 GMT > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an > e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an > e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________ Yahoo! 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