UBUSHINJACYAHA v BANDORA

UBUSHINJACYAHA v BANDORA

The court found that a meeting held on 07/04/1994 in the courtyard of Bandora Charles’s premises at Ruhuha did take place, that it was intended to prepare the genocide against the Tutsi, and that Bandora participated in the agreement. It further found that he helped implement the plan by taking part in decisions to...

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Parties
Applicant/prosecution: UBUSHINJACYAHA; Respondent/accused: BANDORA Charles
Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Procedural Posture
Criminal Judgment / Trial Judgment
Outcome
Convicted in part; sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment.
Legal Topics
Conspiracy to Commit Genocide, Complicity in Genocide, Extermination as a Crime Against Humanity, Assessment of Witness Testimony, Cumulative Convictions
Source Language
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Criminal Law International Criminal Law Genocide Conspiracy to Commit Genocide Complicity in Genocide Extermination as a Crime Against Humanity Assessment of Witness Testimony Cumulative Convictions

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Parties

UBUSHINJACYAHA

Applicant/prosecution

BANDORA Charles

Respondent/accused

Procedural Posture

Criminal Judgment / Trial Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the 7 April 1994 meeting at Bandora Charles’s premises took place and was aimed at preparing genocide
  2. 2 Whether Bandora Charles participated in the agreement to commit genocide
  3. 3 Whether Bandora Charles gave instructions or substantial assistance to killings of Tutsi in Ruhuha, Gatanga and surrounding areas

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that a meeting held on 07/04/1994 in the courtyard of Bandora Charles’s premises at Ruhuha did take place, that it was intended to prepare the genocide against the Tutsi, and that Bandora participated in the agreement. It further found that he helped implement the plan by taking part in decisions to distribute machetes, giving instructions to kill Tutsi in Ruhuha and Gatanga, and providing substantial assistance. However, the evidence was insufficient to prove he personally sent his own vehicles into specific attacks or made lists of victims. Because the facts qualifying the conspiracy to commit genocide absorbed the general offence of forming a criminal gang, that latter...

Court Disposition

Convicted in part; sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment.

Orders

  • Bandora Charles is convicted of conspiracy to commit genocide, complicity in genocide, and complicity in extermination as a crime against humanity.
  • He is sentenced to thirty (30) years’ imprisonment.