2009-2010 NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT ...

QUESTIONS PRESENTED
I. Whether the “luring” of Mr. Rutaganda for purposes of apprehension and arrest on U.S.
soil violated (a) Canada’s territorial sovereignty; (b) the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights as well as Mr. Rutaganda’s international human rights; and (c) The
U.S.-Canada Extradition Treaty and the January 11, 1988 Exchange of Letters Between
Canada and the U.S. on Transborder Abduction?
II. Whether the rendition of Mr. Rutaganda from the U.S. to Rwanda to stand trial for 275
counts of murder that occurred during the Rwandan Genocide would violate international
law because (a) neither the U.S. nor Canada have an extradition treaty with Rwanda; (b)
as a child soldier Rutaganda lacked criminal culpability; and (c) the courts of Rwanda are
not capable of providing Rutaganda a fair trial?
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