PROSECUTION v. NZABONITEGEKA
The gravity and imprescriptibility of the crime of genocide under Rwandan law preclude the granting of rehabilitation, regardless of the applicant's good conduct or fulfillment of statutory requirements.
- Citation
- RLR V.4-2025
- Parties
- Applicant: Prosecution; Respondent: Nzabonitegeka Gabriel
- Court
- High Court
- Jurisdiction
- Rwanda
- Judgment Date
- 13 March 2024
- Case Number
- RP 00051/2023/HC/KIG
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Rehabilitation Application / High Court Judgment
- Outcome
- Application dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Genocide, Rehabilitation of Offenders, Imprescriptibility of Genocide, Civil Rights Deprivation
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Prosecution
Applicant
Nzabonitegeka Gabriel
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Rehabilitation Application / High Court Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether a person convicted of genocide can be granted rehabilitation under Rwandan law
Ratio Decidendi
The gravity and imprescriptibility of the crime of genocide under Rwandan law preclude the granting of rehabilitation, regardless of the applicant's good conduct or fulfillment of statutory requirements.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed
Orders
- Nzabonitegeka Gabriel's claim is declared unfounded.
- Nzabonitegeka Gabriel is declared not rehabilitated for the crime of genocide.
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