The Court of Cassation in Paris confirmed Tuesday the surrender of Rwandan Hutu Callixte Mbarushimana the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged role in war crimes and against humanity committed in eastern Congo in 2009, his lawyer said Tuesday MePhilippe Gréciano. The Court has rejected two appeals by Mr.Mbarushimana, who opposed his continued detention and to surrender to the ICC. Executive Secretary of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR), Mr. Mbarushimana is claimed by the ICC for his alleged role in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the armed conflict that erupted in 2009 his organization Forces Armed Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF).
ICC suspect to five counts of crimes against humanity and six counts of war crimes, including murder, rape and torture during military operations against the FDLR by the Congolese and Rwandan armies. "This is a historic judicial cooperation with the ICC. In the current context of Africa, can we believe in a sign of justice or reconciliation in the international order," asked Mr.
Philippe Gréciano. Mr. Mbarushimana is also targeted since Sept. 29 last by a criminal investigation following a complaint in 2008 of the civil parties' Collective for Rwanda (CPCR), for "genocide" in Rwanda in 1994. It is through this investigation that the judge, René Cros, was indicted last December 21 for "crimes against humanity." Ibuka ("remember" in Kinyarwanda), the main organization of genocide survivors, accused of having "distinguished in the massacres of Tutsis" several roadblocks in the capital, Kigali, where the states still organization, he even "massacred" the Tutsi colleagues who "worked with him to the UNDP (United Nations Programme for Development).
Mr. Mbarushimana, 47, lived in France since 2002, where he obtained political refugee status when he was arrested October 11 in Paris based on an arrest warrant sealed (secret) issued by International Criminal Court (ICC). In early November 2010, the Court of Appeal of Paris has given the green light to surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Mr.
Mbarushimana, but his lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court which suspended the surrender to the ICC.
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