Rwanda Case Law

UBUSHINJACYAHA v. NGENDAKURIYO

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

RPA 00018/2020/CA

The Court of Appeal held that Ngendakuriyo Ladislas's acts of recruiting and transporting two women with the intent to traffic them abroad constituted the completed offence of participating in removing persons from Rwanda for the purpose of trafficking, as defined by Article 251 of Organic Law No. 01/2012/OL, not merely an attempt. The High Court erred in applying Article 252 instead of Article 251. The sentence was adjusted accordingly, and since the appellant had already served the maximum sentence under Article 251, he was to be released immediately.

Source excerpt

• Trafficking in persons
• Attempted trafficking
• Sentencing
• Appeal procedure

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UBUSHINJACYAHA v. MUKAKABANO N’UNDI_kn

Court

High Court

Case number

RPA0015/2017/HC/HCCI

The High Court held that assisting and recruiting a woman to travel from Rwanda to Oman for exploitative purposes amounted to attempted participation in trafficking.

• Human trafficking
• Attempted trafficking
• Transnational crime
• Human-trafficking
• Attempted-offence
• Cross-border-crime

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PROSECUTION v. MUKAKABANO ET.AL_en

Court

High Court

Case number

RPA0015/2017/HC/HCCI

The High Court held that two accused persons were guilty of attempted participation in trafficking a person out of Rwanda, and sentenced each to 18 months and a fine.

• Human trafficking
• Attempted trafficking
• Criminal liability
• Consent of victim
• Role of intermediaries
• Human-trafficking

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