Re BIBERABAGABO
- Citation
- RS/RECUS/RC 00002/2021/CA
- Status
- Civil
- Jurisdiction
- Rwanda
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Decision
- 16 June 2021
- Posture
- Recusal Application / Decision on Recusal Motion
- Case number
- RS/RECUS/RC 00002/2021/CA
- Language
- Kinyarwanda
More details
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Decision
- 16 June 2021
- Posture
- Recusal Application / Decision on Recusal Motion
- Case number
- RS/RECUS/RC 00002/2021/CA
- Language
- Kinyarwanda
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Holding and result
The applicant failed to provide any objective evidence of a special relationship, prior acceptance of gifts, or other legally recognized grounds for recusal; mere dissatisfaction with the conduct of proceedings does not suffice under Article 103.
Court disposition
recusal application dismissed
Orders
- The recusal application filed by Biberabagabo Jean Bosco is dismissed as unfounded.
- Judge Kamere Emmanuel remains on the panel for case RCAA00002/2020/CA.
02
Material facts
Parties
Biberabagabo Jean Bosco
ApplicantKamere Emmanuel
Respondent03
Procedural history
Posture
Recusal Application / Decision on Recusal Motion
04
Questions and positions
Legal issues
Whether the applicant established sufficient grounds for recusal of the judge under Article 103 of Law No. 22/2018
Party arguments
- Applicant
- The applicant alleged that the judge assisted the opposing party in fabricating evidence, contradicted himself, harassed the applicant, and guided the proceedings in a biased manner, invoking Article 103 of Law No. 22/2018 as the legal basis for recusal.
- Respondent
- The respondent did not provide a separate argument; the court considered the applicant's claims in light of the law and precedent.
05
Court’s reasoning
Legal principles
- 01
Article 103 of Law No. 22/2018 and Supreme Court precedent RS/RECUS/RCOM 00002/2019/SC
Recusal of a judge requires objective evidence of a special relationship or prior conduct as specified by law, not mere subjective perceptions based on the conduct of proceedings.
06
Ratio, limits and disposition
Ratio decidendi
The applicant failed to provide any objective evidence of a special relationship, prior acceptance of gifts, or other legally recognized grounds for recusal; mere dissatisfaction with the conduct of proceedings does not suffice under Article 103.
Obiter and limits
- Subjective perceptions or dissatisfaction with the conduct of a hearing are not valid grounds for recusal unless supported by concrete evidence existing prior to the case.
Court disposition
recusal application dismissed
- The recusal application filed by Biberabagabo Jean Bosco is dismissed as unfounded.
- Judge Kamere Emmanuel remains on the panel for case RCAA00002/2020/CA.
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Court of Appeal · 16 June 2021
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Judgment text
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Court of Appeal
Civil· 16 June 2021
Re BIBERABAGABO
- Source: Amategeko - Section: Decisions (Judgements) - Date: 2021-06-16 - Case/document no.: RS/RECUS/RC 00002/2021/CA - Collection: Court of Appeal
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Re BIBERABAGABO [Rwanda URUKIKO RW’UBUJURIRE – RS/RECUS/RC 00002/2021/CA (Rukundakuvuga, P.J.) 16 Kamena 2021] Itegeko rigenga imiburanishirize y’imanza mbonezamubano – kwihana umucamanza – Ikibazo cy’ubucuti cyangwa urwango hagati y’umuburanyi n’umucamanza ntabwo ari impamvu umuburanyi yibwira cyangwa ashobora kwitekerereza ashingiye ku buryo abona iburanisha ryagenze. Incamake y’ikibazo: Uru rubanza ruturuka ku iburanisha ry’urubanza RCAA00002/2020/CA aho Biberabagabo yihannye umucamanza Kamere waburanishaga urwo rubanza, ngo kuko yafashije uwo baburanaga gushaka guhimba ikimenyetso kimutsindisha; iburanisha rihita risubikwa kugirango atange ikirego cyo kwihana. Biberabagabo yatanze ikirego cy’ubwihane asobanura mu buryo amategeko abiteganya avuga ko umucamanza yafashije umwe mu baburanyi be guhimba ikimenyetso kimutsindisha, ngo umucamanza arivuguruza, ngo umucamanza aramwibasira avuga kandi ko atanga umurongo ku ruhande ashaka kubogamiraho.Urukiko rwemeje ko ikirego cy’ubwihane cyatanzwe na Biberabagabo nta shingiro gifite. Incamake y’icyemezo: Ikibazo cy’ubucuti cyangwa urwango hagati y’umuburanyi n’umucamanza ntabwo ari impamvu umuburanyi yibwira cyangwa ashobora kwitekerereza ashingiye ku buryo abona iburanisha ryagenze. ahubwo zigomba kuba ari impamvu zishingiye ku bimenyetso bifatika bisanzwe biriho na mbere y’urubanza bigaragaza ubusabane bukomeye hagati y’umucamanza
n’umuburanyi. Amategeko yashingiweho: Itegeko N° 22/2018 ryo ku wa 29/04/2018 ryerekeye imiburanishirize y’imanza z’imbonezamubano, ingingo ya 103. Imanza zifashishijwe: RS/RECUS/RCOM 00002/2019/SC Muzima Rutikanga rwaciwe kuwa 15/11/2019 Urubanza I. IMITERERE Y’URUBANZA [1] Mu iburanisha ryo kuwa 31/05/2021 ry’urubanza RCAA00002/2020/CA ruburanwamo Ndatinya Vedaste, Biberabagabo Jean Bosco yihannye umucamanza Kamere Emmanuel waburanishaga urwo rubanza, ngo kuko yafashije umwe mu baburanyi gushaka guhimba ikimenyetso kimutsindisha; iburanisha rihita risubikwa ngo arangize imihango y’ubwihane nk’uko iteganywa n’amategeko.
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[2] Kuwa 31/05/2021 saa 18h57, Biberabagabo Jean Bosco yohereje ikirego cy’ubwihane asobanuramo impamvu zikurikira: Umucamanza yafashije umwe mu baburanyi gushaka guhimba ikimenyetso gitsindisha Biberabagabo Jean Bosco, aho yafashe icyemezo ko hapimwa ikimenyetso muri Forensic Laboratory kuko ngo aricyo cyari kamarampaka, birangira icyo kimeyetso kidapimwe kuko Forensic laboratory yasanze atari umwimerere (original); akemeza ko ibyo Forensic Laboratory yabonye n’umucamanza yari abizi ahubwo akaba yarabirenzeho ashaka gufasha urundi ruhande. Nyuma y’aho bigaragariye ko ikimeneyetso kidashobora gupimwa ngo umucamanza yirivuguruje avuga ko azashingira ku bindi bimenyetso; uko kwivuguruza kukaba kugaragaza kubogama bituma atakaza icyizere ko umucamanza yamuha ubutabera. Umucamanza ngo aramwibasira akamucyocyora akanamwotsa igitutu ngo kuko na nyuma y’ubwihane yamusabye gusobanura ubwihane bwe ndetse ngo akanasaba n’umwunganizi we gusomera abari mu iburanisha amategeko agenga ubwihane nk’aho mu rubanza ari mu ishuli. Asoza avuga ko iburanisha, Umucamanza Kamere Emmanuel abanza gutanga igisubizo nyuma akagenda abaza ababuranyi ngo nibagire icyo bakivugaho, ndetse akagenda anagaruka ku magambo atari mu iburanisha, ibyo bikaba bigaragaza ko aba yabanje gutanga umurongo ku ruhande ashaka kubogamiraho. [3] Biberabagabo Jean Bosco avuga ko impamvu z’ubwihane azishingira ku ngingo ya 103,
4°-5o y’itegeko N° 22/2018 ryo ku wa 29/04/2018 ryerekeye imiburanishirize y’imanza z’imbonezamubano, iz’ubucuruzi, iz’umurimo n’iz’ubutegetsi iteganya ko “umucamanza ashobora kwihanwa iyo umwe mu baburanyi agaragaje ko umucamanza afitanye ubucuti bwihariye n’undi mu baburanyi cyangwa kuva aho urubanza rutangiriye, yarigeze kwakirwa mu buryo bwihariye n’umwe mu baburanyi ku mafaranga ye, cyangwa yaremeye impano ahawe n’umuburanyi”, cyangwa “iyo we ubwe yigeze kugira icyo avuga cyangwa agatanga inama kuri urwo rubanza mbere y’uko ruburanishwa”. [4] Urubanza rwaburanishijwe mu nama y’abacamanza kuwa 16/06/2021, rusuzuma ingingo zatanzwe na Biberabagabo Jean Bosco nk’uko zasobanuwe haruguru. II. ISESENGURA RY’IMPAMVU Z’UBWIHANE [5] Urukiko rusanga ingingo Biberabagabo Jean Bosco ashingiraho atanga ubwihane igaragaza ko ubwihane atanga bushingiye ku bucuti bwihariye umucamanza yaba afitanye n’umwe mu baburanyi cyangwa se umucamanza yarigeze kwakirwa mu buryo bwihariye n’umwe mu baburanyi cyangwa yaremeye impano y’umwe mu baburanyi, cyangwa “iyo we ubwe yigeze kugira icyo avuga cyangwa agatanga inama kuri urwo rubanza mbere y’uko ruburanishwa”; nyamara mu bisobanuro bye akibanda ku buryo umucamanza yayoboye iburanisha.
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[6] Urukiko rusanga ikibazo cy’ubucuti cyangwa urwango hagati y’umuburanyi n’umucamanza bivugwa mu ngingo ya 103 yavuzwe haruguru, atari impamvu umuburanyi yibwira cyangwa ashobora kwitekerereza ashingiye ku buryo abona iburanisha ryagenze, ahubwo zigomba kuba ari impamvu zishingiye ku bimenyetso bifatika bisanzwe biriho na mbere y’urubanza bigaragaza ubusabane bukomeye hagati y’umucamanza n’umuburanyi. Ibyo ni nako byasobanuwe n’Urukiko rw’Ikirenga mu rubanza RS/RECUS/RCOM 00002/2019/SC cyane cyane mu gika cya 231. Muri urwo rubanza Urukiko rw’Ikirenga rwasanze impamvu z’ubwihane bw’umucamanza nk’uko ziteganywa n’itegeko atari impamvu zituruka mu buryo urubanza rwaburanishijwe, ahubwo ari impamvu zishingiye ku byo umuburanyi yamenye mu mibanire cyangwa mu isano umucamanza asanzwe afitanye n’umuburanyi cyangwa azi ku rubanza, bishobora kugaragazwa bidashingiye ku miburanishirize y’urubanza. Urukiko rw’Ikirenga rwasanze kandi impamvu nk’izo zigomba kuba zifitiwe ibimenyetso bigaragara bidashingiye ku kugenekereza : “ngo ubwo umucamanza agize atya, nta yindi mpamvu yabimutera uretse iyi.” [7] Muri uru rubanza nta kimenyetso na kimwe Biberabagabo Jean Bosco yagaragaje gishimangira umubano w’ubucuti hagati y’umucamanza Kamere Emmanuel n’umwe mu baburanyi, cyangwa hari ukwakirwa kwihariye kwabayeho kwakorewe umucamanza n’umwe mu baburanyi cyangwa impano yaba yarahawe, uretse ibyo
yitekerereje ahereye ku buryo urubanza rwayobowe nk’uko byasobanuwe mu gika cya 2 cy’uru rubanza. [8] Urukiko rushingiye kuri ibyo bisobanuro, rurasanga ubwihane Biberabagabo Jean Bosco nta shingiro bufite. III. ICYEMEZO CY’URUKIKO [9] Rwemeje ko ikirego cy’ubwihane cyatanzwe na Biberabagabo Jean Bosco mu rubanza RCAA00002/2020/CA nta shingiro gifite ; [10] Rwemeje ko Umucamanza Kamere Emmanuel ugize inteko iburanisha urubanza RCAA00002/2020/CA arugumamo;
1 Reba urubanza RS/RECUS/RCOM 00002/2019/SC rwa MUZIMA RUTIKANGA rwaciwe kuwa 15/11/2019
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