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Before:

Registrar:

Date:

IN THE APPEALS CHAMBER

JudgePatrick Robinson,Presiding

JudgeMehmetGiiney

JudgeFaustoPocar

JudgeLiu Daqun

JudgeTheodorMeron

Mr. AdamaDieng

15June2010

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Th6onesteAGOSORAAloysNTABAKUZE

AnatoleNSENGIYUMVA

v.

THE PROSECUTOR

CaseNo. ICTR-98-41-A

FURTHERREGISTRAR'SSUBMISSIONSI\DER RULE 33(B) OF THE RULESOFPROCEDURE I\IDEVIDENCE N RESPECTOFTHE APPEALSCHAMBER ORDER

TO THE REGISTRARDATED 9JTJI\"EO1O

Counselor Th6oneste agosora

Rapha€lConstantRichardPerras

Counsel or Alovs Ntabakuze

PeterErlinderAndr6 Tremblay

Counsel or AnatoleNsengivumva

KennedyOgettoGershomOtachiBw'Omanwa

CaseNo.: ICTR-98-41-A

Office of the Prosecutor

HassanBubacar allowAlex Obote-OdoraGeorgeW. MugwanyaInnekeOnseaRenifaMadengaAbubacarrTambadouEvelyn KamauWilliam Mubiru

AishaKagabo

l0 June 010



tgsul. The Registrarof the lnternationalCriminal Tribunal for Rwandawishes o bring the following

observationso the attentionof the AppealsChamberpursuant o Rule 33 (B) of the Rules of

Procedure ndEvidence.

Introduction

Z. On 9 June2010, he AppealsChamber,pursuanto Article 28 of the Statuteof the Tribunal,

issued n Order n which it instructedhe Registrar, n an urgentbasis, o:

o request the assistanceof Rwandan authorities for the purpose of obtaining all

informationrelating o the exactnatureandbasisof the chargesbroughtagainstPeter

Erlinder;

o report o the AppealsChamberonthe outcome f this request; nd

o provide any information to the Appeals Chamber hat is furnished by Rwanda n

responseo this request.

3. On l0 June2010, the Registrar eported o the Chamberon the actions aken vis-d-visMr.

Erlinder's arrestand attachedall official exchanges etween he Tribunal and the Rwandan

authoritieson this issue. n particular, t is recalledhat upon receiptof a decision endered y

the High Court of Gasaboon the bail hearing or the Erlinder's caseon 7 June2010, he

Registrar equestedhe Rwandanauthoritieso providehim with a formal copy of the charges

levelledagainstMr. Erlinder. t is also ecalled hat, ollowing the AppealsChamber's ecision

instructing he samediligence, he Registrar ransmittedanother equest o the same effect,

alongwith copies f theAppealChamber's ecision.l

Submission

4. In compliancewith the above ecalled nstructions,he Registrarwishes o inform the Chamber

that a responserom the Rwandanauthoritiesas well asa formal copy of the charges rought

againstMr. Erlinderhasyet to be received.

5. In the meantime,mindful of the urgent and delicatecircumstances,he Registrarseized he

Office of Legal Affairs regarding he possibility for the ICTR to assert mmunity for Mr.

Erlinder on the basis of the decision endered y the High Court of Gasabo, bsenta formal

copy ofthe charges. t appears,n fact, from the decision, hat part ofthe reproachesevelled

againstMr. Erlinderderives rom the wordshe spokeand statements e made n his casebefore

the ICTR. Excerptsof the submissions f theProsecutor ho appeared efore he GasaboHigh

' Bagosoraet al. v The Prosecutor,CaseNo. ICTR-98-41,Registrar'ssubmissions nder rule 33 (B) of the rulesof

procedure ndevidencen respect fthe appeals hamber rder o the registrardated9 June2010.

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ieg6Court readas follows: "Carl PeterErlinderdeniedandminimized he genocideby stating hat

the soldiershe was defendingneither plannednor carried out the genocide' The Accused

affirmed hathis clientswereratherdefending ational ntegrity.ProsecutionCounsel ubmitted

that the Accuseddid not endthere,ashe deniedand minimized he genocide n othercases"2

[...] "While hewas DefenceCounselat the IntemationalCriminal Tribunal for Rwanda,Carl

peterErlinder submitted hat what happenedwas a massacre f membersof the population"3

[...] "theAccused onsidershegenocide sawar and,even n theMilitary I case, e submitted

that the killings commiffedagainst he Tutsi in 1994did not constitutegenocide.He further

stateshat in Rwanda,his issue s beingusedas a hurdleagainst hosewho want to challenge

Kagame uring he2010elections"a.

6. The Office of LegalAffairs advisedhat heTribunalproceedo assertmmunitywithoutdelay.

Accordingly, he RegistrarsentanotherNote Verbale,annexedo thepresent ubmission,o the

RwandanMinistry of ForeignAffairs and Cooperationasserting mmunity for Counseland

requestingis mmediateelease.s

Respectfully ubmitted.

DoneatArushahis 15tr une2010.

AdamaDiengRegistrar

'The High Court of Gasabo,sitting in Kabuga and at first instance in a criminal matter relating to detentionand

pr ovisonal re ease, CaseNo. RONPJO678/KgIAIM, 7 June 20 0, paragraph7

" Ibid.pwagraphS.a

lbid.paragraphl0.s

SeeAnnex l: Note Verbale rom theRegistrar o theMinister of ForeignAffairs and Cooperation ated 5 June2010.

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T'MTEDNANONS

NATONS 'NIES

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NOTE VERBALE

The InternationalCriminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTR) presents ts compliments o

the Ministry of ForeignAffairs andCooperation f the Govemmentof Rwandaandhas he

honouro refer o its previousNoteVerbales f 31 May 2010,9and 10 June2010aswell as

the responserom ProsecutorGeneralMartinNgogaof 2 June2010 concerninghe arrest nKigali, on 28 May 2010, of ProfessorPeterErlinder on allegations f genocidedenial.

Professor rlinder s anAmerican awyer n charge f thedefence f Mayor Aloys Ntabakuze

before he ICTR.

Following the arrestof ProfessorErlinder, the ICTR soughtclarification from the

Rwandanauthoritieson the motivesof this arrest hrough ts Note Verbale of 3l May 2010.

This requestdrew from the need or the ICTR to ascertainheapplicabilityof any immunity

or privilege which DefenceCounselassignedo casesbefore this Tribunal enjoy in the

contextof their mandate.

arrestwas "not at all related o hisassignmentst theICTR".

Having subsequentlyearned hat ProfessorErlinder underwenta hearingbefore he

High Courtof Gasabo,he Tribunalrequested,n 9 June, he Rwandanauthoritieso provide

a formal copy of the charges eveled againstProfessorErlinder. On 10 June,the ICTR

transmitted notherNoteVerbale o the sameend n compliancewith an orderof the Appeals

Chambersitting in the caseof Mayor Ntabakuze. he Chambers'decisionwas atiached o

that NoteVerbale.

In themeantime,he ICTR receivedhedecisionon the bail hearing or the Erlinder's

caseheld on 7 June 2010 before the High Court of Gasabo.The ICTR notes that the

Prosecution ppearingbeforethe High Courtmade specific referenceso words Professor

Erlinder spokeand statements e made in his case before the ICTR. Excerptsof those

submissionseadas follows: "Carl PeterErlinderdeniedand minimized he genocide y

stating hat the soldiershe was defendingneitherplannednor carriedout the genocide.The

Accusedaffrrmed that his clients were rather defendingnational integrity. Prosecution

Counselsubmitted hat the Accuseddid not end there, as he deniedand minimized the

genociden othercases" ...] "While he was DefenceCounsel t the International riminal

Tribunal for Rwanda,Carl PeterErlinder submitted hat what happenedwas a massacre f

members f thepopulation" ...] "the Accused onsidershe genocide s a war and,even n

the Military I case,he submittedhat hekillingscommittedagainsthe Tutsi in 1994did not



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constitutegenocide.He further stateshat in Rwanda, his issue s being usedas a hurdle

againsthoie who want to challengeKagameduring he2010elections"'

AlthoughnoformalcopyofthechargesbroughtagainstProfessorErlinderhasbeen

receivedyet, ihe ICTR takes ihe view thai the decisionof the High Court constitutesa

sufficientbasis o identiff a link between henatureof the accusations gainstProfessor

Erlinderandhis mandatewith this Tribunal'

The ICTR recalls hat Article VI, Section22,of theConventionon the Privilegesand

Immunitiesof the UnitedNations, o whichthe Republicof Rwanda s a party,provides hat:

,,experts(other han offrcialscomingwithin the scbpeof Article v) performingmissions or

theUnitedNationsshallbe accorded...] in particular"' l tiln respect f wordsspoken r

written andactsdoneby them in the cburseoith.i, performance f their mission, mmunity

from legal processof Lvery kind. The immunity fiom legal processshall-continueo be

accorded otwithstandinghat the persons oncemed reno longeremployed n the mission

for theUnitedNations-"

Underthe circumstances,he ICTR seized he Office of Legal Affairs in the UnitedNations secretariat n New yoit which is ultimately responsible or providing adviceon

immunityrelatedmatters. In light of theabove,heoffice of LegalAffairs advisedhe ICTR

to formally assert mmunity foi ProfessorErlinderwithout delayand requesthis immediate

release ccordinglY'

The ICTR hereby notifies the Rwandanauthorities hat ProfessorErlinder enjoys

immunityandrequestsherefore, is immediateelease'

The ICTR avails itself of this opportunity o renew to the EsteemedMinistry of

ForeignAffairs and Cooperationof the Republicof Rwanda he assurances f its highest

Arusha,5June 010

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x*unaV(Copies: HonorableMartin Ngoga,ProsecutorGeneraffi@tUlic of

Offrceof the Prosecutor-General,igali' Republicof Rwanda

His Excellency,HonorableTharcisse arugarama,Ministerof Justice

Kigali, RePublicof Rwanda

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Attention: HerExcellency,Ilonorab|eLouiseMushikiwaboMinister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Kigali,Renublicof Rwanda



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