United Nations Detention Facility
| Location | Arusha, Tanzania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 3°23′N 36°41′E / 3.38°N 36.68°ECoordinates: 3°23′N 36°41′E / 3.38°N 36.68°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Capacity | 89 |
| Population | 51 |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Managed by | Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals |
The United Nations Detention Facility (UNDF) is a United Nations detention center located in Arusha in Northern Tanzania. The other one is the United Nations Detention Unit in The Hague, Netherlands.
The facility is maintained by the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) UN organization.[1]
The Rwanda Tribunal
The UNDF serves as detention center for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Established in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, the UNDF is an 89 cell institution located within a high security prison compound five miles outside the city of Arusha.
It is exclusively mandated to hold individuals indicted for, or suspected of, having committed war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). As such it is also sometimes referred to as the ICTR Detention Unit.
At present, 51 people transferred in from more than 15 countries are confined there. They include the former Rwandan Army Chief of Staff Augustin Bizimungu, the pop singer Simon Bikindi, along with former Minister of Defense Théoneste Bagosora.
The welfare of these inmates is monitored by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
See also
United Nations Detention Unit (Netherlands)