Judges at a UN war crimes court in The Hague have ruled geriatric Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, 90, is unfit to stand trial but in a decision published on Wednesday said slimmed down legal proceedings can continue.
“The trial chamber finds Kabuga is no longer capable of meaningful participation in his trial,” a decision published on the court's website said.
However, instead of halting the trial, the judges said they would set up an “alternative finding procedure that resembles a trial as closely as possible, but without the possibility of a conviction”.
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UN court finds Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga unfit for trial
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Judges at a UN war crimes court in The Hague have ruled geriatric Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, 90, is unfit to stand trial but in a decision published on Wednesday said slimmed down legal proceedings can continue.
“The trial chamber finds Kabuga is no longer capable of meaningful participation in his trial,” a decision published on the court's website said.
However, instead of halting the trial, the judges said they would set up an “alternative finding procedure that resembles a trial as closely as possible, but without the possibility of a conviction”.
Reuters
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