THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — United Nations judges and lawyers met on Thursday to discuss the fate of a man accused of bankrolling genocide in Rwanda who remains stranded in legal limbo two years after judges ruled that he was not fit to stand trial.
The case of Félicien Kabuga, who is about 90 years old and has dementia, echoes those of several men who have been ordered released from an international court but effectively have nowhere to go.
Kabuga was one of the last fugitives charged in connection with the 1994 Rwanda genocide. After years of evading international efforts to track him down, Kabuga was arrested near Paris in May 2020.
In 2023 the court halted his trial after medical experts concluded his dementia would prevent him from taking part.
Authorities have so far failed to