On 24 May, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) published a report on its objectives for completing trials, to be presented to the Security Council on 13 June. Over a ten-year period, the ICTR will have issued a total of 91 indictments, two of which were later withdrawn. There will now be eight new indictments in 2005, and the prosecutor is hoping to delegate half of these. Our sources at the prosecutor's office say that three are destined for France and a fourth to Rwanda. The prosecutor also hopes to transfer the cases of four accused who are still on the run to national courts, probably Rwanda. These include Aloys Ndimbati, Ladislas Ntaganzwa, Ryandikayo and Charles Sikubwabo. The trials of five detainees - including most likely Hormisdas Nsengimana, Siméon Nshamihigo, Joseph Nzabirinda and Emmanuel Rukundo - are also destined to be held in Rwanda. Thirty-two investigative files will be transferred to national courts, fifteen of which have already been sent to Rwanda. The other cases are expected to be transferred soon. The report notes that "the prosecutor believes it is important to explore the possibility of transferring cases to African countries where certain suspects are now living". It also suggests that all the transfers have already been accepted, even before the trial chambers have decided. Furthermore, "the prosecutor has also taken account of the ICTR's mandate to investigate reports of violations by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)". But there is no evidence of any such investigations. On that basis, the report estimates that the ICTR will have closed the cases of between 65 and 70 individuals in the trial chambers by the end of 2008. But that assumes, notwithstanding the transfers and absence of proceedings against the RPF, that most of the accused currently on the run remain in hiding. For its part, the tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia has made it known in its report to the UN that it will not have finished its trials in 2008.