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Criminal law RPAA0321/10/CS

PROSECUTION v. HABIMANA_en

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
RPAA0321/10/CS

The Supreme Court upheld a defilement conviction, holding that an expert medical report not initially sworn could be validated when the doctor later took oath in court.

  • Defilement of a minor
  • Expert evidence
  • Procedural irregularities
  • Damages
  • Appeal process
  • Defilement-of-a-minor
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Criminal law RLR V.4 - 2015

PROSECUTION v. MVUYEKURE

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
RPAA 0133/10/CS

The Supreme Court of Rwanda acquitted Mvuyekure Faustin, holding that his conviction rested on an uncorroborated statement of a child under 14 and breached the right to defence.

  • Child defilement
  • Evidence of child witnesses
  • Right to defence
  • Hiv/aids and criminal liability
  • Child-defilement
  • Child-witness-corroboration
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