Was the ICTR located outside Rwanda chiefly because of the death penalty issue?
No, not really because of the death penalty issue. Things in November 1994 were still a little unstable in Rwanda. Rwanda was still a traumatized society. There were good reasons, perhaps not compelling reasons, for the Security Council establishing it outside of Rwanda. And the reason the Rwandan government wanted it inside was to have more control over its work, which has been an issue. The ICTR prosecutor — there have been three prosecutors — until recently was served as the Chief Prosecutor at the ICTY. The three chief prosecutors for the ICTR: Richard Goldstone, Louise Arbor, and Carla Del Ponte had all insisted on the right to pursue investigations into the alleged wrongdoing of the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan government, and their forces. Nobody credible is accusing the Rwandan government of having committed genocide, but the mandate of the court includes, along with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. There is some fairly credible evidence that the present Rwandan g
