Following his acquittal, Ntagerura remained under the authority of the Tribunal pending relocation to a third country. He filed a motion before the President of the Tribunal in which he claimed that Canada ignored the Registrar’s requests for his relocation to that country, and requested that the President of the Tribunal order Canada to comply with these requests and notify the United Nations Security Council of Canada’s refusal to implement them, if it still failed to do so. The President denied the motion in part, and referred the matter to a Trial Chamber for consideration under Article 28 of the Statute of the Tribunal. The Trial Chamber denied the motion in its entirety. In these circumstances, the Appeals Chamber allowed Ntagerura’s request to seek review of the decisions rendered by the President and the Trial Chamber.

Ntagerura was acquitted by the Trial Chamber in 2004, and this decision was subsequently affirmed on appeal in July 2006. However, Ntagerura has since remained under the authority of the Tribunal pending relocation to a third country. He has consequently seized the Registrar and the President of the Tribunal with requests for assistance in this regard. These requests were denied and the Ntagerura’s request for assistance of the MemberState was referred by the President to the Trial Chamber which then denied it as well. In these circumstances, the Appeals Chamber allowed Ntagerura’s request to seek review of the decisions rendered by the President and the Trial Chamber.

12. […] While neither the Statute nor the Rules provide for such appeals, the Appeals Chamber has inherent jurisdiction over the enforcement of its orders and any decisions rendered as a consequence thereof. […]