William Egbe
speaks on ...
determining whom to indict

Transcript

0:00
One of the, well, important factors that we’re taking into consideration in determining the importance of the target were number one, the seriousness of the crime in terms of the number of victims. We also consider their role, the position of the individual and his ability to command persons who – or, or his ability to influence the, the, the crimes.
0:31
Those were basically two of the, two of the factors we consider and we had no difficulty in arriving at that because the resolution had made it very, very clear . . .
0:41
Robert Utter: Yes.
0:42
. . . that we should deal with the persons who were the most senior or, or the leaders, for example. Yeah. So basically when we look at the leadership map we look at the individual.
0:55
For example it would have been very – it would be difficult for you to leave out someone like Jean Kambanda if he had not been tried, because he was a prime minister. He was in a position of authority. He additionally had the ability to stop crimes if he thought that those crimes – or if he thought that they should – the crime should not be com-, committed.
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So basically those are the issues that we were looking at; the role of the individual, the, the nature or the extent of the crimes that were committed either by him or under his authority. We looked at those as essential factors in determining.
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Country of Origin:
Cameroon
Interview Date:
October 30, 2008
Location:
Arusha, Tanzania
Interviewers:
Robert Utter
Donald J Horowitz
Batya Friedman
Videographer:
Max Andrews
Excerpt From:
Part 2
Submitted By:
Voices from the Rwanda Tribunal team