Felicien Kabuga, accused of financing the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, died in a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) announced Saturday.
In a statement, the mechanism said the medical officer of the United Nations Detention Unit (UNDU) was immediately notified, while Dutch authorities launched standard procedures and investigations required under national law.
It added that Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, the president of the mechanism, ordered a full inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Kabuga’s death, assigning Judge Alphons Orie to conduct the investigation.
Kabuga, a Rwandan businessman, was charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, incitement to genocide, and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
The now-defunct International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) issued an arrest warrant for Kabuga in April 2013.
He was arrested in France in May 2020 and transferred to the Hague branch of the mechanism in October that year. His trial began in September 2022.
Unfit to stand trial
