FERDINAND NAHIMANA, JEAN-BOSCO BARAYAGWIZA, HASSAN NGEZE v. THE PROSECUTOR
The Appeals Chamber held that the ICTR's temporal jurisdiction is limited to crimes committed in 1994, but evidence from outside this period may be considered for context or intent. The Chamber found that the Trial Chamber erred in convicting the appellants for certain crimes based on acts outside the temporal jurisdiction, for conspiracy to commit genocide, and for cumulative convictions under both Articles 6(1) and 6(3) for the same conduct. The Chamber affirmed that direct and public incitement to commit genocide is an inchoate crime and that hate speech, when part of a widespread or syste…
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- Genocide
- Crimes against humanity
- Direct and public incitement to commit genocide
- Conspiracy to commit genocide
- Superior responsibility
- Freedom of expression