Munyeshyaka

Abstract

War and armed conflict — Enforcement of international humanitarian law — Genocide Convention, 1948, Torture Convention, 1984 and Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 1994 — French Law of 1995 incorporating provisions of Statute into domestic law — Whether permitting prosecution of crimes committed abroad where the accused is present on French territory

Jurisdiction — Universal — Genocide, torture and other crimes against international law — Whether French Law providing for universal jurisdiction where accused present on French territory — The law of France