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UBUSHINJACYAHA v. UWINKINDI

Urukiko rwasanze Uwinkindi Jean yaragize uruhare mu bwicanyi bw’Abatutsi, rumuhamya jenoside n’icyaha cyo kurimbura nk’icyaha kibasiye inyokomuntu rumuhanisha igifungo cya burundu.

  • Genocide
  • Extermination-as-a-crime-against-humanity
  • Modes-of-liability/accessory-participation
  • Evidence-and-witness-credibility
  • Aggravating-and-mitigating-circumstances
  • Penalty/transfer-sentencing-rule
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International-criminal-law

Callixte Nzabonimana v. The Prosecutor

The Appeals Chamber partly allowed Nzabonimana’s appeal, reversing convictions tied to Murambi and Tambwe but otherwise upholding the Trial Chamber and life sentence.

  • Direct-and-public-incitement-to-commit-genocide
  • Conspiracy-to-commit-genocide
  • Instigation-of-genocide
  • Extermination-as-a-crime-against-humanity
  • Aiding-and-abetting
  • Notice-in-the-indictment
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International-criminal-law

The Prosecutor v. Casimir Bizimungu and others

Trial Chamber II in the Bizimungu et al. case addressed disclosure, notice, counsel, delay, alibi, witness credibility, and several genocide-related allegations.

  • Arrest-and-detention
  • Notification-of-charges
  • Right-to-counsel
  • Initial-appearance
  • Undue-delay
  • Notice-in-indictment
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International-criminal-law

The Prosecutor v. Elizaphan Ntakirutimana and Gérard Ntakirutimana

Trial Chamber I convicted Elizaphan and Gérard Ntakirutimana for crimes arising from the Mugonero and Bisesero events and imposed prison terms of 10 and 25 years.

  • Genocide
  • Complicity-in-genocide
  • Conspiracy-to-commit-genocide
  • Crimes-against-humanity
  • Violations-of-article-3-common-to-the-geneva-conventions-and-of-additional-protocol-ii
  • Superior-responsibility
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International-criminal-law

The Prosecutor v. Clément Kayishema and Obed Ruzindana

The Appeals Chamber held the Prosecutor’s appeal and response briefs inadmissible for lateness, and dismissed the challenges by Kayishema and Ruzindana.

  • Admissibility-of-appeal-briefs
  • Fair-trial
  • Independence-of-tribunal
  • Equality-of-arms
  • Presumption-of-innocence
  • Adversarial-principle
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International-criminal-law

The Prosecutor v. Georges Anderson Nderubumwe Rutaganda

Trial Chamber I convicted Georges Rutaganda of genocide and crimes against humanity, acquitted him on Common Article 3 counts, and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

  • Individual-criminal-responsibility
  • Cumulative-charges
  • Evidentiary-assessment
  • Alibi
  • Sentencing
  • Genocide
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International-criminal-law

The Prosecutor v. Clement Kayishema and Obed Ruzindana

Trial Chamber II of the ICTR held that genocidal killings occurred at multiple Kibuye sites in 1994 and convicted Kayishema and Ruzindana of genocide.

  • Command-responsibility
  • Individual-criminal-responsibility
  • Alibi-defense
  • Eyewitness-reliability
  • Cumulation-of-charges
  • Common-article-3
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