Human Rights Watch writes to Justice Hassan B. Jallow, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, urging him once more to prosecute crimes committed by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) in 1994.

Rwanda’s state-owned newspaper published an article on May 8, 2009, accusing Human Rights Watch of (among other things) sanitizing those attempting to negate the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. As of yet, the New Times has chosen not to publish Human Rights Watch's letter of rebuttal. So Human Rights Watch is publishing its rebuttal letter and encouraging readers to read it together with Ms Kwinjeh’s original article.

We write to express concern over shortcomings in the International Criminal Court Act (ICCA) of 2001, particularly with respect to jurisdiction over the crime of genocide. We urge the government of the United Kingdom to amend the ICCA in order to ensure that the world's worst crimes, including crimes of genocide, may be prosecuted in UK domestic courts and to prevent the UK from becoming a refuge for the perpetrators of these heinous crimes.

Human Rights Watch writes to the UN Security Council in advance of their visit to Africa to highlight key human rights concerns relevant to the Great Lakes region, Liberia, and in meetings with the African Union, with suggested action points.

Human Rights Watch writes to the presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda, urging Rwanda to honor its obligations under international human rights law by definitively abolishing the penalty of life imprisonment in solitary confinement. This punishment, which condemns a convicted person to total isolation for a minimum of twenty years, amounts to cruel and inhuman treatment and should not be imposed by Rwandan courts or gacaca jurisdictions under any circumstances.

With plans for the closing of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) nearing completion, we write publicly to urge you to address crimes committed by the Rwandan Patriotic Front.

We are writing in advance of the upcoming Article 36 Committee
meeting in Brussels, at which you will discuss the EU Network of contact points in respect of persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (EU Network).

We write to ask you to use the opportunities offered by your visits to Uganda and Rwanda to contribute, as Germany has so often done in the past, to the promotion of respect for human rights and justice for serious crimes under international law.