Rwanda genocide tribunal ICTR extended until 2012
The UN Security Council has given the tribunal for Rwanda's genocide until 2012 to finish all its cases.
The BBC's Jamhuri Mwavyombo at the court's base in Arusha, Tanzania, says the tribunal will have to speed up its work to meet this new deadline.
The court, set up to try those most responsible for the genocide, was originally due to close in 2008 but some key suspects remain at large.
Rwanda has long complained that the tribunal is too slow and expensive.
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The BBC's Jamhuri Mwavyombo at the court's base in Arusha, Tanzania, says the tribunal will have to speed up its work to meet this new deadline.
The court, set up to try those most responsible for the genocide, was originally due to close in 2008 but some key suspects remain at large.
Rwanda has long complained that the tribunal is too slow and expensive.
Our reporter says the tribunal has completed only half of the cases it has started, even though 81 of the 90 suspects have been arrested.
The initial stages of the cases are supposed to end by June 2010, according to the latest extension.
The remaining 18 months are for appeals.