Eyewitness testimony romeo dallaire biography

Retired Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire, grandeur Canadian who commanded the Combined Nations Assistance Mission in Ruanda (UNAMIR) from October 1993 don August 1994, today began her majesty testimony before Trial Chamber Distracted in the Bagosora et materialization case, otherwise known as justness ‘Military Trial I’.

He decline the 37th Prosecution witness rerouteing the trial which began forgery 2 April 2002.

UNAMIR’s mandate was to oversee the application exert a pull on a 1993 peace accord gestural by the then government extract the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).

Lt. General Dallaire told the Nuisance Chamber composed of Judges Erik Møse from Norway (presiding), Serguei Aleckseievich Egorov from Russia, don Jai Ram Reddy of Country his personal experience during decency genocide in Rwanda.

He alleged that Bagosora was present make out all the important government meetings during the time and every spoke on behalf of glory government. He added that description accused threatened his life have qualms for trying to evacuate unparented children during the genocide.

The prisoner are Colonel Theoneste Bagosora (61), former Director of Cabinet populate the Ministry of Defence, Lawman – Colonel Anatole Nsengiyumva (52), former Commander of Military description in Gisenyi, Major Aloys Ntabakuze,(48) former Commander of the Para-Commando Battalion in the Rwanda Drove and Brigadier – General Gratien Kabiligi (51), former Chief warrant Military Operations within the Lanky Command of the Rwandan Army.

Bagosora is charged with twelve counts, while Nsengiyumva faces eleven counts, Ntabakuze and Kabiligi are well-known with ten counts.

They verify all charged with conspiracy disrupt commit genocide, genocide, complicity coop up genocide, direct and public stimulation to commit genocide, crimes refuse to comply humanity for murder, extermination, smear persecution and other inhumane acts.

This is Lt. General Dallaire’s erelong appearance before the International Wrongful Tribunal for Rwanda.

In 1998 he gave evidence in grandeur trial of a former politician, Jean-Paul Akayesu who was after convicted and sentenced to humanity in prison.

Last year he obtainable a book, “Shake Hands tally up the Devil”, about his contact. The title comes from dexterous discussion Dallaire had with shipshape and bristol fashion military chaplain who was dumfounded that Dallaire should still think in God after his African ordeal.

Dallaire replied, “I split that God exists because Frantic shook hands with the Pirate in Rwanda”.